Modernism/postmodernism / edited and introduced by Peter Brooker.

Contributor(s): Brooker, Peter Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Longman critical readersPublication details: London ; New York : Longman, 1992. Description: xii, 268 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0582063582 (csd.); 0582063574 (pbk.)Subject(s): Modernism (Literature) | Postmodernism (Literature) | Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 809.91 LOC classification: PN771 | .M6175 1992Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC Introduction: Reconstructions -- Making it old: 'traditionalist modernism' -- 'Have a nice day, M. Derrida, M. Baudrillard' -- Insider postmodernism: Jameson and Tomorrowland -- Back to a New Futurism -- Modernist Positions -- 1. Georg Lukacs, from The Meaning of Contemporary Realism -- Bertolt Brecht from 'The Popular and the Realistic' -- 2. Walter Benjamin, from 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' -- 3. Theodor Adorno, 'Letter to Walter Benjamin' -- 4. Peter Burger, 'Avant-Garde and Engagement' -- Repositioning Modernism -- 5. Marshall Berman, 'The Twentieth Century: the Halo and the Highway' -- 6. Raymond Williams, 'The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism' -- 7. Jean Radford, from 'Coming to Terms: Dorothy Richardson, Modernism and Women' -- 8. Houston A. Baker Jnr, from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance -- 9. Laleen Jayamanne, Geeta Kapur and Yvonne Rainer, from 'Discussing Modernity, "Third World" and The Man Who Envied Women' -- Postmodern Narratives -- 10. Jurgen Habermas, 'Modernity -- an Incomplete Project' -- 11. Jean-Francois Lyotard, 'Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?' -- 12. Jean Baudrillard, from 'Simulacra and Simulations' -- 13. Fredric Jameson, 'Postmodernism and Consumer Society' -- Popular Capitalism and Popular Culture -- 14. David Harvey, from The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Social Change -- 15. Iain Chambers, 'Contamination, Coincidence and Collusion. Pop Music, Urban Culture and the Avant-Garde' -- A Feminist Postmodernism? -- 16. Julia Kristeva, 'Postmodernism?' -- 17. Laura Kipnis, from 'Feminism: the Political Conscience of Postmodernism?' -- Black Culture and Postmodernism -- 18. Cornel West from 'An Interview with Cornell West Anders Stephanson' -- Postmodernist Fiction -- 19. Umberto Eco, 'Postmodernism, Irony, the Enjoyable' -- 20. Linda Hutcheon, 'Telling Stories: Fiction and History' -- 21. Carlos Fuentes, 'Words Apart'.

Summary: "The concepts of 'Modernism and 'Postmodernism' constitute the single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and culture and are the cause of much debate. This difficult and controversial subject makes the need for a clear and authoritative guide all the more essential." "In this volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the most influential viewpoints on 'Modernism' and its aftermath. He includes key essays and selections from a variety of important critics, ranging from Benjamin and Adorno to Raymond Williams, J.F. Lyotard, Baudrillard and Jameson. These are grouped in linked debates and set alongside challenging contemporary arguments from Third World, Black, and Feminist perspectives. A substantial Introduction and detailed Headnotes for each section and essay provide an indispensable, well-informed guide to interpreting and contextualising the full range of positions, while providing a valuable contribution to the debate in their own right." "Students of English Literature and Theory will find this collection to be an excellent guide to understanding a complex and varied topic. It will also appeal to students of sociology, cultural and media studies, American studies, philosophy and art history."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	809.91 MOD 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		15382

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Online version:
Modernism/postmodernism.
London ; New York : Longman, 1992
(OCoLC)645832359

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-264) and index.

TOC Introduction: Reconstructions --
Making it old: 'traditionalist modernism' --
'Have a nice day, M. Derrida, M. Baudrillard' --
Insider postmodernism: Jameson and Tomorrowland --
Back to a New Futurism --
Modernist Positions --
1. Georg Lukacs, from The Meaning of Contemporary Realism --
Bertolt Brecht from 'The Popular and the Realistic' --
2. Walter Benjamin, from 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' --
3. Theodor Adorno, 'Letter to Walter Benjamin' --
4. Peter Burger, 'Avant-Garde and Engagement' --
Repositioning Modernism --
5. Marshall Berman, 'The Twentieth Century: the Halo and the Highway' --
6. Raymond Williams, 'The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism' --
7. Jean Radford, from 'Coming to Terms: Dorothy Richardson, Modernism and Women' --
8. Houston A. Baker Jnr, from Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance --
9. Laleen Jayamanne, Geeta Kapur and Yvonne Rainer, from 'Discussing Modernity, "Third World" and The Man Who Envied Women' --
Postmodern Narratives --
10. Jurgen Habermas, 'Modernity --
an Incomplete Project' --
11. Jean-Francois Lyotard, 'Answering the Question: What is Postmodernism?' --
12. Jean Baudrillard, from 'Simulacra and Simulations' --
13. Fredric Jameson, 'Postmodernism and Consumer Society' --
Popular Capitalism and Popular Culture --
14. David Harvey, from The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Social Change --
15. Iain Chambers, 'Contamination, Coincidence and Collusion. Pop Music, Urban Culture and the Avant-Garde' --
A Feminist Postmodernism? --
16. Julia Kristeva, 'Postmodernism?' --
17. Laura Kipnis, from 'Feminism: the Political Conscience of Postmodernism?' --
Black Culture and Postmodernism --
18. Cornel West from 'An Interview with Cornell West Anders Stephanson' --
Postmodernist Fiction --
19. Umberto Eco, 'Postmodernism, Irony, the Enjoyable' --
20. Linda Hutcheon, 'Telling Stories: Fiction and History' --
21. Carlos Fuentes, 'Words Apart'.

"The concepts of 'Modernism and 'Postmodernism' constitute the single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and culture and are the cause of much debate. This difficult and controversial subject makes the need for a clear and authoritative guide all the more essential." "In this volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the most influential viewpoints on 'Modernism' and its aftermath. He includes key essays and selections from a variety of important critics, ranging from Benjamin and Adorno to Raymond Williams, J.F. Lyotard, Baudrillard and Jameson. These are grouped in linked debates and set alongside challenging contemporary arguments from Third World, Black, and Feminist perspectives. A substantial Introduction and detailed Headnotes for each section and essay provide an indispensable, well-informed guide to interpreting and contextualising the full range of positions, while providing a valuable contribution to the debate in their own right." "Students of English Literature and Theory will find this collection to be an excellent guide to understanding a complex and varied topic. It will also appeal to students of sociology, cultural and media studies, American studies, philosophy and art history."--BOOK JACKET.

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