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Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater
Fran Mason
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The main aim of the book has been to include writers, movements, forms of writing and textual strategies, critical ideas, and texts that are significant in relation to postmodernist literature. In addition, important scholars, journals, and cultural processes have been included where these are felt to be relevant to an understanding of postmodernist writing. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on postmodernist writers, the important postmodernist aesthetic practices, significant texts produced throughout the history of ... Read more
The main aim of the book has been to include writers, movements, forms of writing and textual strategies, critical ideas, and texts that are significant in relation to postmodernist literature. In addition, important scholars, journals, and cultural processes have been included where these are felt to be relevant to an understanding of postmodernist writing. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on postmodernist writers, the important postmodernist aesthetic practices, significant texts produced throughout the history of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
586
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442276192
SKU
V9781442276192
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About Fran Mason
Fran Mason is a lecturer at the University of Winchester where he teaches Film Studies and American Literature, within which areas he teaches a range of courses including those relating to postmodernism, crime fiction and film, science-fiction, cyberculture and contemporary writing.
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater
This significantly expanded second edition continues to build a bold framework for exploring the highly debated, complex, evolving literary movement of postmodernism. In addition to over 400 cross-referenced and alphabetically arranged entries, the volume includes an excellent introduction, a chronology of significant dates and literary works from 1939 to 2015, a handy list of acronyms, and an extensive, updated 75-page ... Read more