On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection
Susan Stewart’s On Longing examines the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, and the collection as forms through which people express desire, memory, and imagination. This interdisciplinary work considers how objects and representations shape our understanding of scale, possession, absence, and the worlds we create around what we value.
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On Longing explores how human desire is expressed through objects, representations, and imagined worlds.
Susan Stewart focuses on four central forms: the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, and the collection.
The book considers how scale, memory, and possession influence the meanings people assign to things.
It offers a thoughtful study of longing across literary, artistic, and cultural experience.
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