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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Page 84
... intellectual emphasis on their ' modernity ' , when the actual modern media are of so different a kind . Secondly ... intellectual hegemony of the metropolis , in its command of the most serious publishing houses , newspapers and ...
... intellectual emphasis on their ' modernity ' , when the actual modern media are of so different a kind . Secondly ... intellectual hegemony of the metropolis , in its command of the most serious publishing houses , newspapers and ...
Page 109
... intellectual confidence to mine a southern Afro - American tradition with dedicated genius . The indisputably modern moment in Afro - American discourse arrives , I believe , when the intellectual poet Brown , masterfully mantled in the ...
... intellectual confidence to mine a southern Afro - American tradition with dedicated genius . The indisputably modern moment in Afro - American discourse arrives , I believe , when the intellectual poet Brown , masterfully mantled in the ...
Page 130
... intellectual and political confrontation with the carriers of cultural modernity . I cite Peter Steinfels , an observer of the new style which the neoconservatives have imposed upon the intellectual scene in the 1970s : The struggle ...
... intellectual and political confrontation with the carriers of cultural modernity . I cite Peter Steinfels , an observer of the new style which the neoconservatives have imposed upon the intellectual scene in the 1970s : The struggle ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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