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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... essay on Schönberg which appeared in a Festschrift two years ago and with which you are not familiar , I proposed formulations about technology and dialectics as well as the alteration of relationships to technology , which are in ...
... essay on Schönberg which appeared in a Festschrift two years ago and with which you are not familiar , I proposed formulations about technology and dialectics as well as the alteration of relationships to technology , which are in ...
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... essay as nicely as the ' bombast ' and the ' horrors ' fit into your Baroque book . Notes 1. This was the ... essay ' Perennial Fashion - Jazz , Prisms ( London 1967 ) . 4. Benjamin's volume of aphorisms Einbahnstrasse was published in ...
... essay as nicely as the ' bombast ' and the ' horrors ' fit into your Baroque book . Notes 1. This was the ... essay ' Perennial Fashion - Jazz , Prisms ( London 1967 ) . 4. Benjamin's volume of aphorisms Einbahnstrasse was published in ...
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... essay . 11. A reference to the programmatic dictum of the art historian Aby Warburg : Der liebe Gott steckt im Detail ( The Good Lord dwells in detail ) . 12. This passage does not appear in any of the published versions of Benjamin's essay ...
... essay . 11. A reference to the programmatic dictum of the art historian Aby Warburg : Der liebe Gott steckt im Detail ( The Good Lord dwells in detail ) . 12. This passage does not appear in any of the published versions of Benjamin's essay ...
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traditionalist modernism | 5 |
Have a nice day M Derrida M Baudrillard | 13 |
Jameson and Tomorrowland | 20 |
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