[Theory Ebook] The Postmodern (New Critical Idiom), Simon Malpas, Routledge, 2005_dg2005.pdf

THE POSTMODERN
How can one understand the nature of the present?
What might it mean to say the world has e postmodern?
In this book, Simon Malpas introduces a range of key theorists and
theories that have, under the banner of the postmodern, sought in
different ways to explore art, culture and the nature of thought in the
contemporary world. He examines some of the most important and
influential definitions of the postmodern, and uses straightforward
examples and illustrations to explore their implications for such
areas as identity, history, art, literature, culture and politics.
The Postmodern builds up a picture of the key contemporary debates
about postmodernism and postmodernity, enabling readers to
begin to approach the primary texts of postmodern theory and
culture with confidence.
Simon Malpas is Lecturer in English Literature at Edinburgh
University. He is author of Jean-François Lyotard (Routledge) and has
edited Postmodern Debates (Palgrave) and The New Aestheticism
(MUP).
THE NEW CRITICAL IDIOM
Series Editor: John Drakakis, University of Stirling
The New Critical Idiom is an invaluable series of introductory guides to
today’s critical terminology. Each book
. provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term
. offers an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and
cultural critic
. relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation.
With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible
breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable approach to
key topics in literary studies.
Also available in this series:
Autobiography by Linda Anderson Literature by Peter Widdowson
Class by Gary Day Magic(al) Realism
Colonialism/Postcolonialism by Maggie Ann Bowers
by Ania Loomba Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form
Culture/Metaculture by Philip Hobsbaum
by Francis Mulhern Modernism by Peter Childs
Difference by Mark Currie Myth by Laurence Coupe
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