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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... RAYMOND , 'The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism' WILLIAMS 7 JEAN RADFORD , from 'Coming to terms: Dorothy Richardson, Modernism and Women' 8 HOUSTON Jnr, from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance A. BAKER 9 LALEEN JAYAMANNE ...
... RAYMOND , 'The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism' WILLIAMS 7 JEAN RADFORD , from 'Coming to terms: Dorothy Richardson, Modernism and Women' 8 HOUSTON Jnr, from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance A. BAKER 9 LALEEN JAYAMANNE ...
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... R. Garvin (1980), © Bucknell Review; Basil Blackwell Ltd for chapters 19, 20 and 27 from The Condition of Postmodernity ... Raymond Williams from Unreal City, Urban Experience in Modern European Literature and Art ed by Edward Timms and ...
... R. Garvin (1980), © Bucknell Review; Basil Blackwell Ltd for chapters 19, 20 and 27 from The Condition of Postmodernity ... Raymond Williams from Unreal City, Urban Experience in Modern European Literature and Art ed by Edward Timms and ...
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... Raymond Williams in a late essay 'When was modernism?' called for the restoration of the great nineteenthcentury realists.57 His thinking recalls Lukács's earlier dismissal of 'expressionist modernism', but in this new form voices an ...
... Raymond Williams in a late essay 'When was modernism?' called for the restoration of the great nineteenthcentury realists.57 His thinking recalls Lukács's earlier dismissal of 'expressionist modernism', but in this new form voices an ...
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Contents
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 | |
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