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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... reference , licensed play and subversion . There may be some reason , again , however , for describing this literary mode ( and poststructuralism ) as ' late modernist ' , given their ties with modernism ( John Barth's explicit model is ...
... reference , licensed play and subversion . There may be some reason , again , however , for describing this literary mode ( and poststructuralism ) as ' late modernist ' , given their ties with modernism ( John Barth's explicit model is ...
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... reference . One begins to realise after a while that the small town setting has a crucial strategic function : it allows the film to do without most of the signals and references which we might associate with the contemporary world ...
... reference . One begins to realise after a while that the small town setting has a crucial strategic function : it allows the film to do without most of the signals and references which we might associate with the contemporary world ...
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... reference , first of all , to modernist writers ( Pound , Céline , Mayakovksy , Mallarmé ) in the present essay and elsewhere , along with her admiration for the ' individuating ' explorations of modern writing against the degraded ...
... reference , first of all , to modernist writers ( Pound , Céline , Mayakovksy , Mallarmé ) in the present essay and elsewhere , along with her admiration for the ' individuating ' explorations of modern writing against the degraded ...
Contents
Reconstructions 15323 20 | 1 |
Modernist Positions | 37 |
WALTER BENJAMIN from The Work of Art in the Age | 45 |
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