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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Weschler  was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at  The New Yorker , where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies.  He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award and was also a recipient of Lannan Literary Award. his nonfiction book  Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder  was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award. Klappentext Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors, Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science. Zusammenfassung Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Pronged ants! horned humans! a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers through an intellectual hall of mirrors! Lawrence Weschler revisits the 16th-century "wonder cabinets" that were the first museums and compels readers to examine the imaginative origins of both art and science.

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Authors Lawrence Weschler
Publisher Vintage USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.11.1996
 
EAN 9780679764892
ISBN 978-0-679-76489-2
No. of pages 192
Dimensions 132 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
Series Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries

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