Contemporary Drift: Genre, Historicism, and the Problem of the Present

by Theodore Martin

Book Overview

What does it mean to call something "contemporary"? More than simply denoting what's new, it speaks to how we come to know the present we're living in and how we develop a shared story about it. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231181922
• ISBN13: 9780231181921
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher