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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... centuries is that our century has created a network of new haloes to replace the ones that Baudelaire's and Marx's century stripped away . - Nowhere is this development clearer than in the realm of urban space . If we picture the newest ...
... centuries is that our century has created a network of new haloes to replace the ones that Baudelaire's and Marx's century stripped away . - Nowhere is this development clearer than in the realm of urban space . If we picture the newest ...
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... century and the specific conditions and relationships of the twentieth - century metropolis . The evidence has been there all along , and is indeed in many cases obvious . Yet until recently it has been difficult to disengage this ...
... century and the specific conditions and relationships of the twentieth - century metropolis . The evidence has been there all along , and is indeed in many cases obvious . Yet until recently it has been difficult to disengage this ...
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... century and of the first half of the twentieth century moved into a quiet new cultural dimension . It was now much more than the very large city , or even the capital city of an important nation . It was the place where new social and ...
... century and of the first half of the twentieth century moved into a quiet new cultural dimension . It was now much more than the very large city , or even the capital city of an important nation . It was the place where new social and ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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