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Literary Theory

The Basics

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

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Literary Theory

The Basics

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area.

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Psychology Press

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0415250617

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9780415250610

The Idea of the Postmodern

A History

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

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A History

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

On Postmodenism

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298

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Psychology Press

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0415060125

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9780415060127

Literary Theory

The Basics

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

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Literary Theory

The Basics

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory, this text is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area.

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Psychology Press

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The Idea of the Postmodern

A History

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

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A History

By: Johannes Willem Bertens

On Postmodenism

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Psychology Press

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0415060117

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Contemporary American Crime Fiction

By: Hans Bertens,T. D'haen

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Contemporary American Crime Fiction

By: Hans Bertens,T. D'haen

This highly accessible, lively and informative study gives a clear and comprehensive overview of recent trends in American crime fiction. Building on a discussion of the immediate predecessors, Bertens and D'haen focus on the work of popular and award-winning authors of the last fifteen years. Particular attention is given to writers who have reworked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities.

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233

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Palgrave Macmillan

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ISBN 10

0333684656

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9780333684658

Approaching Postmodernism

Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism, 21-23 September 1984, University of Utrecht

By: Douwe Wessel Fokkema,Johannes Willem Bertens

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Approaching Postmodernism

Papers Presented at a Workshop on Postmodernism, 21-23 September 1984, University of Utrecht

By: Douwe Wessel Fokkema,Johannes Willem Bertens

Most of the essays collected in this volume deal with theoretical issues that dominate the international debate on Postmodernism, issues such as the shifting nature of the concept, the problem of periodization and the problem of historicity. Other essays offer readings of Postmodernist texts and relate practical criticism to a theoretical framework. Hans Bertens (Utrecht) sketches the historical development of the concept Postmodernism in American criticism, distinguishing between the various definitions that have been proposed over the last twenty-five years, in an attempt to bring some order to the field and to facilitate future discussion. Brian McHale (Tel Aviv) and Douwe Fokkema (Utrecht) offer models for the description of Postmodernist texts. Richard Todd (Amsterdam) argues convincingly that Postmodernism is much more of a presence in contemporary British fiction than has so far been assumed, and Herta Schmid (Munich) presents a similar argument with respect to Russian avant-garde theater. Elrud Ibsch (Amsterdam) presents a contrastive analysis of Thomas Bernhard and Robert Musil; Ulla Musarra (Nijmegen) writes on Italo Calvino. The relation between Existentialism and Postmodernism is examined by Gerhard Hoffman (Würzburg); Theo D'haen (Utrecht) finds important parallels between Postmodernism in literature and in the visual arts; Matei Calinescu (Bloomington, Ind.) relates literary Postmodernism to a far more general cultural shift, rejecting, however, Foucault's notion of an epistemic break and arguing for both continuity and discontinuity. Finally, Helmut Lethen (Utrecht) and Susan Suleiman (Harvard) sharply question the concept of Postmodernism. Suleiman argues that the supposed Postmodernist reaction against Modernism may well be a critical myth or, if it isn't, a reaction limited to the American literary situation.

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313

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027222061

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9789027222060