Modernism/Postmodernism

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Peter Brooker
Routledge, Sep 25, 2014 - Literary Criticism - 280 pages
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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General Editors Preface
Reconstructions
Modernist Positions
WALTER BENJAMIN
PETER BÜRGER
Repositioning Modernism
RAYMOND The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism
JEAN RADFORD
JÜRGEN HABERMAS Modernity an Incomplete Project
What is Postmodernism?
FREDRIC JAMESON Postmodernism and Consumer Society
DAVID HARVEY from The Condition of Postmodernity An Enquiry into the Origins
JULIA KRISTEVA Postmodernism?
CORNEL WEST From An Interview with Cornel West Anders Stephanson
Fiction and History
CARLOS FUENTES Words Apart

HOUSTON Jnr from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance
A BAKER 9 LALEEN JAYAMANNE
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