This text is divided into two parts: the first, an introduction by the editor, offering a schematic survey of the major themes and positions taken in the debates around modernism and postmodernism; the second, a collection of pertinent essays grouped into four sections to demonstrate how the debates have been applied to specific cultural activities. These activities include popular culture, architecture and visual arts, literature, documentary and film.

Writing and Society is a stunning exploration of the relationship between the growth in popular literacy and the development of new readerships and the authors addressing them. It is the first single volume to provide a year-by-year chronology of political events in relation to cultural production.
This overview of debates in literary critical theory and historiography includes facsimile pages with commentary from the most influential books of the period. The author describes and analyses:
* the development of literacy by status, gender and region in Britain
* structures of...

Explores the relationship between the growth in popular literacy and the development of new readerships and the authors addressing them. The book provides a year-by-year chronology of political events in relation to cultural production. This overview of relevant debates in literacy critical theory and historiography includes facsimile pages with commentary from the most influential books of the period. The authors describe and analyze: the development of literacy by status; gender and region in Britain; structures of patronage and censorship; the fundamental role of the publishing industry;...

For better or worse, modernism and postmodernism are now the two most comprehensive and influential terms applied to twentieth-century culture. The Postmodern Arts begins by establishing definitions of both words, while also demonstrating the inconsistencies and contradictions which are inherent within them.
As with all books in the Critical Readers in Theory and Practice series, the volume is divided into two halves: the first, a comprehensive and thorough introduction by the editor, offering a schematic survey of the major themes and positions taken in the debates around...

This collection focuses on contemporary remakings of Shakespeare in a variety of contexts and textual forms. Located at the intersection of Shakespeare studies, performance studies, post-colonial criticism and cultural studies, the essays address the question of how Shakespeare's plays affect and are affected by their environments as they are transposed into a variety of media, cultures, geographical locations, genres and historical moments. The volume includes articles on Shakespeare in American sign language, theatre, film, screenplay, music, documentary and soap opera.

Located at the intersection of Shakespeare studies, performance studies, post-colonial criticism and cultural studies, the essays address the question of how Shakespeare's plays affect and are affected by their environments as they are transposed into a variety of media, cultures, geographical locations, genres and historical moments.