The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature

ISBN-13: 9781107140271 / Twarda / 2016 / 552 str.

Opis

This History offers a comprehensive survey of postmodern literature, from its emergence in the mid-twentieth century to the present day.

Recenzje

'… this collection will be invaluable to students of literature.' C. E. O'Neill, Choice

Spis treści

1. Postmodernism and its precursors Joe Bray; 2. After the Holocaust Robert Eaglestone; 3. Empire's ebb Theo D'Haen; 4. Cold War culture at the mid-century Alan Nadel; 5. Mass mediation John Johnston; 6. Countercultures David Shumway; 7. New novels Randall Stevenson; 8. The Latin American boom and the invention of magic realism Wendy B. Faris; 9. Rise of theory Thomas Docherty; 10. The architectural paradigm Brian McHale; 11. The dematerialization of the art object – a conversation Amanda Gluibizzi and Michael Mercil; 12. The new Hollywood cinema and after John Hellmann; 13. Second-wave feminism and after Robin Warhol; 14. Gay and lesbian subcultures from Stonewall to Angels in America Martin Dines; 15. The 'post' in 'postcolonial' Sara Upstone; 16. 'Celtic' postmodernism and the break up of Britain Len Platt; 17. Historiographic metafictions Amy Elias; 18. High/low, or avant-pop Brian McHale; 19. The oulipo, language poetry, and proceduralism Andrew Epstein; 20. Punk and MTV Barry Shank; 21. Cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction Elana Gomel; 22. The art market and the revival of painting in the 1990s Frazer Ward; 23. Hip hop is (not) postmodern James Braxton Peterson; 24. Postmodern Japan and global visual culture Takauko Tatsumi; 25. Digital culture and posthumanism Dave Ciccoricco; 26. Culture war at the turn of the millennium Ellen G. Friedman; 27. Second-generation postmoderns Stephen Burn; 28. Postmodern China Wang Ning; 29. Towards cosmodernism? Christian Moraru; Epilogue: Y2K and after Andrew Hoberek.