Miniature Metropolis
Author | : Andreas Huyssen |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2015-04-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674416727 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674416724 |
Rating | : 4/5 (724 Downloads) |
Download or read book Miniature Metropolis written by Andreas Huyssen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andreas Huyssen explores the history and theory of metropolitan miniatures—short prose pieces about urban life written for European newspapers. His fine-grained readings open vistas into German critical theory and the visual arts, revealing the miniature to be one of the few genuinely innovative modes of spatialized writing created by modernism.