Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction:
The Melancholy Object of Art
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Representation
1. Words and the Murder of the Thing 21
2. Painting and the Gaze of the Object 35
3, Sculpture and the Broken Tool 49
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Possession
4, Possessed Objects 75
5. Still Life: A User's Manual 99
6. Museal 117
PART 111
Dispossession
7. The Dream Narratives of Debris 143
8. Last Things 157
Notes 177
Works Cited 185
Publication History 195
Index 197
