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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... never literary or purely theatrical . ' You can't mix theatre and film ' : that sort of thing was never said . If the film was not properly used the most one heard was : ' that bit of film is unnecessary , it's distracting ' .... So the ...
... never literary or purely theatrical . ' You can't mix theatre and film ' : that sort of thing was never said . If the film was not properly used the most one heard was : ' that bit of film is unnecessary , it's distracting ' .... So the ...
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... never really existed in the first place ; there have never been autonomous subjects of that type . Rather , this construct is merely a philosophical and cultural mystification which sought to persuade people that they ' had ' individual ...
... never really existed in the first place ; there have never been autonomous subjects of that type . Rather , this construct is merely a philosophical and cultural mystification which sought to persuade people that they ' had ' individual ...
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... 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 received , therefore , in the context of ...
... 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 received , therefore , in the context of ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
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