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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782461303321

Autore

Bertens Hans

Titolo

International Postmodernism [[electronic resource] ] : Theory and literary practice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997

ISBN

1-282-16384-1

9786612163845

90-272-9971-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (597 p.)

Collana

Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages

Altri autori (Persone)

FokkemaDouwe Wessel <1931-2011.>

Disciplina

809/.9113

Soggetti

Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc

Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Literature, Modern

Postmodernism (Literature)

Literature, Modern - Theory, etc - History and criticism - 20th century

Literature - General

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

INTERNATIONAL POSTMODERNISM; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; General preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Contents; Section 1. Introductory Essays; Section 2. Postmodernism in the Other Arts; Section 3. Renovations and Innovations in Postmodernist Writing; Section 4. The Reception and Processing of Postmodernism; Contributors; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Subject Index; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

Containing more than fifty essays by major literary scholars, International Postmodernism divides into four main sections. The volume starts off with a section of eight introductory studies dealing with the subject from different points of view followed by a section that deals with postmodernism in other arts than literature, while a third section discusses renovations of narrative genres and other strategies and devices in postmodernist writing. The final and fourth section deals



with the reception and processing of postmodernism in different parts of the world.Three important as