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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... use of all means , old and new , tried and untried , deriving from art and deriving from other sources , in order to put living reality in the hands of living people in such a way that it can be mastered . We 42 Modernist Positions.
... use of all means , old and new , tried and untried , deriving from art and deriving from other sources , in order to put living reality in the hands of living people in such a way that it can be mastered . We 42 Modernist Positions.
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... sources and ethno- centricism of both of these traditions ( see Nancy Hartstock , ' Rethink- ing Modernism : Minority versus Majority Theories ' , Cultural Critique , 7 ( Fall 1987 ) : 187-206 ) . In her essay , Laura Kipnis usefully ...
... sources and ethno- centricism of both of these traditions ( see Nancy Hartstock , ' Rethink- ing Modernism : Minority versus Majority Theories ' , Cultural Critique , 7 ( Fall 1987 ) : 187-206 ) . In her essay , Laura Kipnis usefully ...
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... the rest of us , within the Judeo - Christian tradition , from looking at our own sources of intolerance or at our own limits when our own symbols are set into conflictive motion . Artists have been 246 Postmodernist Fiction.
... the rest of us , within the Judeo - Christian tradition , from looking at our own sources of intolerance or at our own limits when our own symbols are set into conflictive motion . Artists have been 246 Postmodernist Fiction.
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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