A Poetics of Postmodernism

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"Essential reading for anyone interested in current studies of literature, art and 'entertainment'."
Geoff Wade, Reviewing Psychology
"A reasoned, controlled and intelligent defence of postmodernist problematizing of history and fiction. Should be read by all those interested in the debate centring on the status and value of postmodernist culture."
Peter Kitson, Notes and Queries
"A fairminded, clear and thorough account of postmodernism with a bibliography of about 600 items that I shall consult quite often."
Roger Seamon, Canadian Literature Newsletter
"Postmodernism" is a word much used and misused in a variety of disciplines, including literature, visual arts, film, architecture, literary theory, history, and philosophy. Á Poetics of Postmodernism is neither a defense nor a denunciation of the postmodern. It continues the project of Hutcheon's Narcissistic Narrative and A Theory of Parody in studying formal self-consciousness in art, but adds to this both a... Tovább

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"Essential reading for anyone interested in current studies of literature, art and 'entertainment'."
Geoff Wade, Reviewing Psychology
"A reasoned, controlled and intelligent defence of postmodernist problematizing of history and fiction. Should be read by all those interested in the debate centring on the status and value of postmodernist culture."
Peter Kitson, Notes and Queries
"A fairminded, clear and thorough account of postmodernism with a bibliography of about 600 items that I shall consult quite often."
Roger Seamon, Canadian Literature Newsletter
"Postmodernism" is a word much used and misused in a variety of disciplines, including literature, visual arts, film, architecture, literary theory, history, and philosophy. Á Poetics of Postmodernism is neither a defense nor a denunciation of the postmodern. It continues the project of Hutcheon's Narcissistic Narrative and A Theory of Parody in studying formal self-consciousness in art, but adds to this both a historical and ideological dimension. Modelled on postmodern architecture, postmodernism is the name given here to current cultural practices characterized by major paradoxes of form and of ideology. The "poetics" of postmodernism offered here is drawn from these contradictions, as seen in the intersecting concerns of both contemporary theory and cultural practice.
Linda Hutcheon is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is also the author of A Politics of Postmodernism, ^ Theory of Parody ai ?^^rerv of ^rr
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