ABSTRACT
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. In this influential volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the key viewpoints from a variety of major critics and sets these additionally alongside challenging arguments from Third World, Black and Feminist perspectives. His excellent Introduction and detailed headnotes for each section and essay provide an indispensable guide to interpreting the many different opinions, and prove to be valuable contributions in their own right.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |33 pages
Introduction: Reconstructions
part |87 pages
Part One
part |35 pages
Modernist Positions
chapter |8 pages
Theodor Adorno, ‘Letter to Walter Benjamin’ *
chapter |14 pages
Peter Bürger, ‘Avant-Gardé and Engagement’ *
part |50 pages
Repositioning Modernism
chapter |13 pages
Raymond Williams, ‘The Metropolis and the Emergence of Modernism’ *
part |125 pages
Part Two
part |55 pages
Postmodern Narratives
chapter |14 pages
Jürgen Habermas, ‘Modernity — an Incomplete Project’ *
chapter |12 pages
Jean Baudrillard, from ‘Simulacra and Simulations’ *
chapter |17 pages
Fredric Jameson, ‘Postmodernism and Consumer Society’ *
part |17 pages
Popular Capitalism and Popular Culture
part |16 pages
A Feminist Postmodernism?
chapter |7 pages
Julia Kristeva, ‘Postmodernism?’ *
part |12 pages
Black Culture and Postmodernism
part |23 pages
Postmodernist Fiction