Exploring Postmodernism: Selected Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20 24 August 1985

Calinescu, Matei, (Editor), and Fokkema, Douwe (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027222002 / ISBN 13: 9789027222008

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 1990

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1990 paperback/ex-library with usual markings & sunning on the spine/clean & unmarked text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Postmodernism: Selected Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20 24 August 1985
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027222002
• ISBN 13: 9789027222008
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The great diversity of contexts in which the term Postmodernism is currently encountered reflects the remarkable success of a coinage that has been in circulation for only about forty years. It has been used by philosophers, sociologists, art critics and literary historians to become, finally, a household word in the language of advertising and politics. Before letting it fade to a derelict cliché, an attempt is made in this volume of essays to use its potential as a cultural concept for the analysis and understanding of contemporary literature and thought.