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Museums of the mind : German modernity and the dynamics of collecting

by Peter M. McIsaac

This study explores the relationship between collecting and the German literary imagination since the rise of the public museum. Analysing key texts and museum history, it examines how these institutions transform material objects, imaginative narratives, and cultural identity.

Accession 5648 ISBN 9780271029917 Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press
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