1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483012503321

Autore

Kane Michael

Titolo

Postmodern Time and Space in Fiction and Theory / / by Michael Kane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-37449-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 167 pages)

Collana

Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies, , 2634-5188

Disciplina

809.9113

809.93384

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Fiction

Communication in the environmental sciences

Cities and towns - History

Literary Theory

Twentieth-Century Literature

Fiction Literature

Environmental Communication

Urban History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Space of Nature -- 3. The Space of the City -- 4. Postmodern or Most-Modern Time -- 5. The Time and Space of the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction -- 6. Travel: From Modernity to…? -- 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Postmodern Time and Space in Fiction and Theory seeks to place the contemporary transformation of notions of space and time, often attributed to the technologies we use, in the context of the ongoing transformations of modernity. Bringing together examples of modern and contemporary fiction (from Defoe to DeLillo, Frankenstein to Finnegans Wake) and theoretical discussions of the modern and the post-modern, the author explores the legacy of modern transformations of space and time under five headings: “The Space of



Nature”; “The Space of the City”; “Postmodern or Most Modern Time”; “The Time and Space of the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction”; and “Travel: from Modernity to…?”. These five essays re-examine the meanings of modernity and its aftermath in relation to the spaces and times of the natural, the urban and the media environment.