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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961895003321

Titolo

International postmodernism : theory and literary practice / / edited by Hans Bertens, Douwe Fokkema

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1997

ISBN

1-282-16384-1

9786612163845

90-272-9971-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (597 p.)

Collana

A comparative history of literatures in European languages = Histoire comparee des litteratures de langues europeennes, , 0238-0668 ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

BertensJohannes Willem

FokkemaDouwe Wessel <1931->

Disciplina

809/.9113

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Postmodernism (Literature)

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 (p. [523]-552) and indexes.

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