{"product_id":"postmodern-literature-ian-gregson-9780340813713","title":"Postmodern Literature","description":"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\u003cbr\u003eanti-postmodernist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003ePostmodern Literature\u003c\/em\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003emajor 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\u003cbr\u003egender--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Gregson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0340813717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780340813713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A\u0026amp;c Black 3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Gregson is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Bangor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Gregson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302059602175,"sku":"9780340813713","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2fda129-825a-4b42-9e21-b737a0bad9f9.jpg?v=1695159285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postmodern-literature-ian-gregson-9780340813713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}