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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808302803321

Titolo

European literature from romanticism to postmodernism : a reader in aesthetic practice / / edited by Martin Travers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2001

ISBN

1-281-78421-4

9786611784218

0-8264-3960-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Continuum Collection

Altri autori (Persone)

TraversMartin

Disciplina

809

809.03

809/.03

809.894

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

European literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Romanticism; Part II: Realism; Part III: Modernism; Part IV: The Literature of Political Engagement; Part V: Postmodernism; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

European Literature from Romanticism to Postmodernism is an anthology of key theoretical writings by the major representatives of the schools and movements of recent European literature. Each chapter is devoted to one particular school of movement from within the broad body of literature, from romanticism, realism and modernism though to the literature of political engagement of the 1920's and 1930's, and the more recent initiative of postmodernism. These texts are approached both on their own terms as individual formulations of the goals and procedures (literary, aesthetic and political) that