From Late Modernism to Postmodernism

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From Late Modernism to Postmodernism is written by Laura Salisbury and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 074862743X (ISBN 10) and 9780748627431 (ISBN 13).

From Late Modernism to Postmodernism introduces, debates and extends the arguments surrounding the critical relevance of the terms ālate modernismā and āpostmodernismā for describing cultural products and intellectual contexts from the 1930s to the present. It provides an overview of the critical terrain of modernism and postmodernism and a reworking of the relationship between them that explores their historical appearance and reach alongside their intellectual and cultural contexts. The book considers such key topics as theories of literary modernism, late modernism and postmodernism; the avant-garde and mass culture; race, nationhood and the postcolonial; the relationship between literature, art, architecture and television; and influential philosophies of modernity and postmodernity. While it concentrates on the canonical authors of Anglophone late modernism and postmodernism - Beckett, Nabokov, Auster, Coetzee, Rushdie, Larkin, Prynne - it also introduces readings of less well-known texts by authors such as Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes, Sam Selvon and B. S. Johnson, to demonstrate the aesthetic breadth of late modernism and postmodernism.Key Features* A thorough overview of theories of modernism, late modernism, and postmodernism* Addresses key topics: the avant-garde, mass culture, race, nationhood, the postcolonial* Discusses literature in relation to art, architecture, and television* Provides detailed readings of canonical and less well known authors