Modernism/postmodernismPeter Brooker The concepts of 'Modernism' and 'Postmodernism' constitute the single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and culture and are the cause of much debate. In this influential volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the key viewpoints from a variety of major critics and sets these additionally alongside challenging arguments from Third World, Black and Feminist perspectives. His excellent Introduction and detailed headnotes for each section and essay provide an indispensable guide to interpreting the many different opinions, and prove to be valuable contributions in their own right. |
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... American response to ' traditionalist modernism ' or any single road taken from it . The English reaction entailed a construction of modernism as much as the American did , but in this case it was more commonly , or more ...
... American response to ' traditionalist modernism ' or any single road taken from it . The English reaction entailed a construction of modernism as much as the American did , but in this case it was more commonly , or more ...
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... American to modern ' . Harlem , said Locke , was a new ' race capital ' , ' the progressive Negro community of the American metropolis ' : the augury of ' a new democracy in American culture ' - a description worth comparing with ...
... American to modern ' . Harlem , said Locke , was a new ' race capital ' , ' the progressive Negro community of the American metropolis ' : the augury of ' a new democracy in American culture ' - a description worth comparing with ...
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... American intellectual life , because we never had the Marxist culture against which the French were reacting . Nor was it a culture that took Hegel seriously : the early John Dewey was the only left Hegelian we ever had . Nietzsche was ...
... American intellectual life , because we never had the Marxist culture against which the French were reacting . Nor was it a culture that took Hegel seriously : the early John Dewey was the only left Hegelian we ever had . Nietzsche was ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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