International postmodernism : theory and literary practice / edited by Hans Bertens, Douwe Fokkema.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bertens, Johannes Willem.

Fokkema, Douwe Wessel, 1931-

Series:

Comparative history of literatures in European languages ; v. 11.

A comparative history of literatures in European languages = Histoire comparee des litteratures de langues europeennes, 0238-0668 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Containing more than fifty essays by major literary scholars, International Postmodernism divides into four main sections. The volume starts off with a section of eight introductory studies dealing with the subject from different points of view followed by a section that deals with postmodernism in other arts than literature, while a third section discusses renovations of narrative genres and other strategies and devices in postmodernist writing. The final and fourth section deals with the reception and processing of postmodernism in different parts of the world.Three important as

Contents:

INTERNATIONAL POSTMODERNISM; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; General preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Contents; Section 1. Introductory Essays; Section 2. Postmodernism in the Other Arts; Section 3. Renovations and Innovations in Postmodernist Writing; Section 4. The Reception and Processing of Postmodernism; Contributors; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Subject Index; Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-552) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-16384-1

9786612163845

90-272-9971-4

OCLC:

70765182