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Miniature Metropolis

- Literature in an Age of Photography and Film

About Miniature Metropolis

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674416727
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 368
  • Published:
  • April 6, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 164x246x33 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 686 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: July 26, 2024

Description of Miniature Metropolis

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.

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