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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... turn out to be evanescent and already obsolete.3 In the last two decades , this perspective has gathered widespread and enthusiastic assent , and masses of Americans have worked steadfastly to save their neighborhoods and cities from ...
... turn out to be evanescent and already obsolete.3 In the last two decades , this perspective has gathered widespread and enthusiastic assent , and masses of Americans have worked steadfastly to save their neighborhoods and cities from ...
Page 108
... turn of the century and receives extensive definition and expression during the twenties . This spirit is one that prompts the black artist's awareness that his or her only possible foundation for authentic and modern expressivity ...
... turn of the century and receives extensive definition and expression during the twenties . This spirit is one that prompts the black artist's awareness that his or her only possible foundation for authentic and modern expressivity ...
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... turn to aesthetics ( of whatever form ) becomes more pronounced . Since phases of time - space compression are disruptive , we can expect the turn to aesthetics and to the forces of culture as both explanations and loci of active ...
... turn to aesthetics ( of whatever form ) becomes more pronounced . Since phases of time - space compression are disruptive , we can expect the turn to aesthetics and to the forces of culture as both explanations and loci of active ...
Contents
Reconstructions | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
Copyright | |
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