Postmodern Literature

by Ian Gregson

Book Overview

A fascinating variety of writing has been produced in the period since the Second World War. Much of this can be helpfully understood by reference to postmodernism. Many important texts in the period, however, are distorted when this label is applied to them, and others are actively anti-postmodernist. Postmodern Literature accessibly defines postmodernism, compares and contrasts it with modernism, and places it in its historical context, especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340813717
• ISBN13: 9780340813713
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"