Postmodern Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780340813713)

A fascinating variety of writing has been produced in the period since the Second World War. Much of this can be helpfully understood by reference to postmodernism. Many important texts in the period, however, are distorted when this label is applied to them, and others are actively
anti-postmodernist.

Postmodern Literature accessibly defines postmodernism, compares and contrasts it with modernism, and places it in its historical context, especially in relation to crucial phenomena like Auschwitz, the clashing of ideologies, and the prevalence of propaganda and misinformation. It discusses the
major theorists of postmodernism, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Fredric Jameson and Jean Baudrillard, and demonstrates how their theories illuminate the work of postmodernist writers such as John Ashbery, Walter Abish and Angela Carter. It defines the key postmodern theories of language, race and
gender--poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and feminism--and explores their often fraught relationships with postmodernism in relation to important writers such as Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich and Salman Rushdie.

Author: Ian Gregson
ISBN-10: 0340813717
ISBN-13: 9780340813713
Publisher: A&c Black 3pl
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2004
Pages: 187
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

About the Author

Ian Gregson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Bangor.