Title Enchanted objects : visual art in contemporary fiction / Allan Hepburn.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 278 pages : illustrations)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : art and objects in contemporary fiction. Aesthetic objects ; Enchantment ; Display ; Looking at collections ; Certain distances -- Details : Vermeer and specificity. In particular ; Women, objects, stillness ; A poetics of detail ; The fate of two paintings ; Labour and excess in Girl with a pearl earring -- Ornament : books in A case of curiosities and Salamander. Enchanted books ; Theories of ornament ; A case of curiosities : collection and display ; Books and infinity in Salamander -- Fragility : the case of Utz. Broken idols ; The end of museums ; Fragility -- Looking at ugliness : Pascali's island and Stone virgin. Representation ; Digging ; Theories of ugliness ; Conservation -- Conclusion : on display.
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Subject	Art objects in literature.
	Art in literature.
	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	1900-2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781442641006
ISBN	9781442686397 (electronic bk.)
	1442686391 (electronic bk.)
	9781442641006 (print)