In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles by Sabin, Stefana
In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles by Sabin, Stefana

In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles

From monocles to pince-nez and goggle-eyes, a cultural and technological history of glasses in fact and fiction....
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Author: Stefana Sabin
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Language: English
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In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles by Sabin, Stefana

In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles

$59.48
In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles by Sabin, Stefana

In the Blink of an Eye: A Cultural History of Spectacles

$59.48
Author: Stefana Sabin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
From monocles to pince-nez and goggle-eyes, a cultural and technological history of glasses in fact and fiction.

This book examines those who wore glasses through history, art, and literature, from the green emerald through which Emperor Nero watched gladiator fights to Benjamin Franklin's homemade bifocals, and from Marilyn Monroe's cat-eye glasses to the famed four-eyes of Emma Bovary and Harry Potter. Spectacles are objects that seem commonplace, but In the Blink of an Eye shows that because they fundamentally changed people's lives, glasses were the wellspring of a quiet social, cultural, and economic revolution. Indeed, one can argue that modernity itself began with the paradigm shift that transformed poor eyesight from a severely limiting disease--treated with pomades and tinctures--into a minor impairment that can be remedied with mechanisms constructed from lenses and wire.

Author: Stefana Sabin
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 09/27/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.03h x 4.96w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781789144635

About the Author
Stefana Sabin has written for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, edited several anthologies of contemporary prose, and published biographies of Andy Warhol and Gertrude Stein, among others. She lives in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Nick Somers is the translator of many books from German including Eichmann's Jews, Sigmund Freud/Anna Freud: Correspondence, and, most recently, Pearl Harbor. He lives in Vienna.
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