Author : Andreas Huyssen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416724
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Miniature Metropolis by : Andreas Huyssen
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.