The Rroutledge companion to postmodernism

What is 'deconstruction'? What authors are considered 'postmodern novelists'? The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism combines a series of fourteen in-depth background chapters with a body of A-Z entries to create an authoritative, yet readable guide to the complex world of post...

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Other Authors: Sim, Stuart
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2004
Edition:Second edition
Series:The Routledge companions
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Summary:What is 'deconstruction'? What authors are considered 'postmodern novelists'? The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism combines a series of fourteen in-depth background chapters with a body of A-Z entries to create an authoritative, yet readable guide to the complex world of postmodernism. Following full-length articles on postmodernism and philosophy, politics, feminism, lifestyles, television, and other postmodern essentials, readers will find a wide range of alphabetically-organized entries on the people, terms and theories connected with postmodernism, including: Peter Ackroyd; Jean Baudrillard; Chaos Theory; Death of the Author; Desire; Fractals; Michel Foucault; Frankfurt School; Generation X; Minimalism; Poststructuralism; Retro; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; and Trans-avant-garde. Students interested in any aspect of postmodernist thought will find this an indispensable resource.
Item Description:Rev. ed. of: Routledge critical dictionary of postmodern thought. 1999
Physical Description:338 pages 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780415333580
0415333598 (pbk.)
041533358X