Exploring Postmodernism. Selected papers presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism at the XIth International Comparative Literature Congress, Paris, 20 24 August 1985.

CALINESCU, Matei and Douwe W. FOKKEMA (eds.)

ISBN 10: 9027221995 / ISBN 13: 9789027221995

Published by John Benjamins, 1988

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• 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
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027221995
• ISBN 13: 9789027221995
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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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.