Exploring Postmodernism. Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at th Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985. [= Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature 23].

Calinescu, Matei; Fokkema, Douwe

ISBN 10: 9027221995 / ISBN 13: 9789027221995

Published by Amsterdam - Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1987

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Original-Leinwand mit Original-Schutzumschlag; Gr. 8°; viii 269 (3) Seiten. Private Widmung auf Vorsatz; der Rücken des Schutzumschlag lichtrandig; sonst sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature ; 23. 520 gr.

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• Title: Exploring Postmodernism. Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at th Xith International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20-24 August 1985. [= Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature 23].
• Publisher: Amsterdam - Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 9027221995
• ISBN 13: 9789027221995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 520 grams
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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.