Postmodernisms Now: Essays on Contemporaneity in the Arts

by Charles Altieri

Postmodernism today is driven by a set of theoretical stances that grow increasingly problematic. But as the theoretical contradictions emerge, it becomes possible to contrast this theoretical discourse to the ambitions that initially led writers and artists to pursue their version of postmodern perspectives. So this book explores what remains viable and valuable in some representative versions of what these writers and artists created. Altieri begins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271018046
• ISBN13: 9780271018041
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"