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 44
... thing can be a fake ; they can wear grotesque masks and represent the truth . There is not much to argue about here : the means must be asked what the end is . The people knows how to ask this . Piscator's great experiments in the ...
... thing can be a fake ; they can wear grotesque masks and represent the truth . There is not much to argue about here : the means must be asked what the end is . The people knows how to ask this . Piscator's great experiments in the ...
Page 168
... thing of the past ; that the old individual or individualist subject is ' dead ' ; and that one might even describe the concept of the unique individual and the theoretical basis of individualism as ideological . There are in fact two ...
... thing of the past ; that the old individual or individualist subject is ' dead ' ; and that one might even describe the concept of the unique individual and the theoretical basis of individualism as ideological . There are in fact two ...
Page 222
... thing about Motown in 1961 , the same thing about Aretha Franklin , who is about as organic as you can get . She is not as accepted by mainstream white society as the smoother and more diluted Warwick and Ross , but she is accepted ...
... thing about Motown in 1961 , the same thing about Aretha Franklin , who is about as organic as you can get . She is not as accepted by mainstream white society as the smoother and more diluted Warwick and Ross , but she is accepted ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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