BEYOND THE MYOPIC VISION: SITUATING MINIATURES IN JESSIE BURTON’S THE MINIATURIST
BEYOND THE MYOPIC VISION: SITUATING MINIATURES IN JESSIE BURTON’S THE MINIATURIST
Author(s): Saikia BonjyotshnaSubject(s): Philosophy, 17th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Bachelard; Jessie Burton; miniatures; seventeenth-century Netherlands; Thing Theory;
Summary/Abstract: The nexus of humans and objects requires careful consideration of their interaction throughout the ages. Bill Brown’s phenomenal essay “Thing Theory” (2001) has paved a new way for reexamining this affiliation. This paper is an attempt to study the different roles of miniatures in shaping the life of Petronella Oortman, a seventeenth-century Dutch woman. In so doing, the paper closely reads Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (2014). Drawing theoretical insights from Susan Stewart, Gaston Bachelard, among others, the paper probes into the significance of miniatures in shaping anthropomorphic relationships.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 28/2022
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 117-123
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English