![]() ![]() Pyne finds bookshelves to be holders not just of books but of so many other things: values, vibes, and verbs that can be contained and displayed in the buildings and rooms of contemporary human existence. ![]() Bookshelf takes an almost meta-approach to the object studies aim of Object Lessons: exploring the stacks as well as our bedside tables, writer and historian Lydia Pyne unpacks not just the material parts but the secret lives of bookshelves. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. But every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. It's the stuff of libraries, offices, and the bane of movers' existence. ![]() A bookshelf is just that - a shelf for books. You might think that its name says it all. Subject(s): Philosophy - aesthetics | Semiotics and​ Theory | Literary Criticism | Medieval Libraries | Mobile Shelves DDC classification: 022.4 Summary: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. ![]() Publisher: New Delhi: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 Description: 160 p. Material type: Book Series: Object Lessons. ![]()
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