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Paradoxes of Authenticity
Julia . Ed(S): Straub
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Paperback. Editor(s): Straub, Julia. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Authenticity is one of the most crucial, but also most contested concepts in literary and cultural studies. Hollowed out by postmodernist theory, it paradoxically enough persists as an important backdrop for the discussion of literature, film, and the visual arts. The essays in this volume explore perspectives on authenticity and case studies dealing with »the authentic«. They thereby seek to show how the paradoxical persistence of authenticity in contemporary critical discourse can be turned into a fruitful point of departure for an analysis of literary texts, but also films, and the visual arts.
Authenticity is one of the most crucial, but also most contested concepts in literary and cultural studies. Hollowed out by postmodernist theory, it paradoxically enough persists as an important backdrop for the discussion of literature, film, and the visual arts. The essays in this volume explore perspectives on authenticity and case studies dealing with »the authentic«. They thereby seek to show how the paradoxical persistence of authenticity in contemporary critical discourse can be turned into a fruitful point of departure for an analysis of literary texts, but also films, and the visual arts.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837618198
SKU
V9783837618198
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About Julia . Ed(S): Straub
Julia Straub is a senior lecturer in North American Literature at the University of Berne (Switzerland). Her research interests are the reception of Dante in English literature, transatlantic mobility in the eighteenth century and melodrama.
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