Exploring Postmodernism: Selected Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985
Exploring Postmodernism: Selected Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985
The great diversity of contexts in which the term Postmodernism is currently encountered reflects the remarkable success of a coinage that has been in circulation for only about forty years. It has been used by philosophers, sociologists, art critics and literary historians to become, finally, a household word in the language of advertising and politics. Before letting it fade to a derelict clich???, an attempt is made in this volume of essays to use its potential as a cultural concept for the analysis and understanding of ...
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The great diversity of contexts in which the term Postmodernism is currently encountered reflects the remarkable success of a coinage that has been in circulation for only about forty years. It has been used by philosophers, sociologists, art critics and literary historians to become, finally, a household word in the language of advertising and politics. Before letting it fade to a derelict clich???, an attempt is made in this volume of essays to use its potential as a cultural concept for the analysis and understanding of contemporary literature and thought.
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Good. 1990 paperback/ex-library with usual markings & sunning on the spine/clean & unmarked text. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 269 p. Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 23.
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