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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... tell what has really happened . " So this fiction tells ' untellable ' stories , stories combining what ' really ' happened and all that might possibly happen ' ( as in Coover's ' The Babysitter ' ) , suggesting ( as in Brautigan's ...
... tell what has really happened . " So this fiction tells ' untellable ' stories , stories combining what ' really ' happened and all that might possibly happen ' ( as in Coover's ' The Babysitter ' ) , suggesting ( as in Brautigan's ...
Page 233
... telling is not presented as a privatised form of experience but as asserting a communicational bond between the teller and the told within a context that is historical , social , and political , as well as intertextual . The same is ...
... telling is not presented as a privatised form of experience but as asserting a communicational bond between the teller and the told within a context that is historical , social , and political , as well as intertextual . The same is ...
Page 237
... tells us and the ' Children ' is one that is overtly fictive history , and we get to watch the fictionalising process at work . At one point we are told : ' History does not record whether the day of Thomas's funeral was one of those ...
... tells us and the ' Children ' is one that is overtly fictive history , and we get to watch the fictionalising process at work . At one point we are told : ' History does not record whether the day of Thomas's funeral was one of those ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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