A poetics of postmodernism : history, theory, fiction / Linda Hutcheon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutcheon, Linda, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [1988]

Summary:

"A Poetics of Postmodernism "is neither a defense nor a denunciation of the postmodern. It continues the project of Linda Hutcheon's" Narcissistic Narrative "and "A Theory of Parody "in studying formal self-consciousness in art, but adds to this both an historical and an 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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [232]-258.

ISBN:

0415007054

0415007062

OCLC:

17107876