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One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and
cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a
trend which is proving particularly important for modernist
studies. This volume explores the interface between modernism and
geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the
twentieth century.
Cross-disciplinary essays test and extend a variety of
methodological approaches and reveal the reach of this topic into
every corner of modernist scholarship. From Imagist poetry and the
orient to teashops and modernism in London, or from mapping and
belonging in James Joyce or Joseph Conrad to the space of new media
artists, this remarkable volume offers fresh, invigorating research
that ranges across the field of modernism, but also serves to
signal the many exciting new directions that future studies may
take.
With ground-breaking essays from an international team of
highly-regarded scholars, "Geographies of Modernism" is an
important step forward in literary and cultural studies.
First Published in 2002. Modes and categories inherited from the
past no longer seem to fit the reality experienced by a new
generation. 'New Accents' is intended as a positive response to the
initiative offered by such a situation. Each volume in the series
will seek to encourage rather than resist the process of change, to
stretch rather than reinforce the boundaries that currently define
literature and its academic study. This selection of essays is an
attempt to open up some of the as yet unsurveyed territory of
English Studies and to introduce a new, more positive tone and
greater range of voices to discussions of the future of the
subject.
The Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory provides researchers
and students with an up-to-date guide through the vibrant and
changing debates in Literary and Cultural Studies. In a field where
meanings are frequently complex and ambiguous, this text is
remarkable for its clarity and usefulness. This third edition
includes 17 entirely new entries and updates to more than a dozen
others which address key concepts and contemporary positions in
both literary and cultural theory. New entries include: * Actor
Network Theory * Anthropocene * Ecocriticism * Digital Humanities *
Postcapitalism * World Literature
The concepts of 'Modernism' and 'Postmodernism' constitute the
single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and
culture and are the cause of much debate. In this influential
volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the key viewpoints from a
variety of major critics and sets these additionally alongside
challenging arguments from Third World, Black and Feminist
perspectives. His excellent Introduction and detailed headnotes for
each section and essay provide an indispensable guide to
interpreting the many different opinions, and prove to be valuable
contributions in their own right.
Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literary
theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity,
brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful
bibliographies of further reading. Literature students will find
its clearly defined sections easy to navigate and whilst avoiding
over-simplification, it makes a complex subject accessible.
Features-Accesible, easy to use guide C-onsiders 'New Aestheticism'
and engages with the ideas of 'Post-Theory' -Contains extensive
guides to further reading, web and electronic resources to ensure
the quality of students' research -A glossary defines key
theoretical and critical terms -Contains a guide to relevant
journals New to this Edition-Coverage of 'new aestheticism'
-Updated and expanded Derrida section -More historical context
included in the introduction -Marxism section to include updated
material on Benjamin -Postcolonial section updated and expanded
-Annotated reading lists, including web and electronic resources
-New glossary of terms -Updated and expanded further reading
section
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory is a classic
introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory.
This book is known for its clear, accessible style and its
thorough, logical approach, guiding the reader through the
essentials of literary theory. It includes two new chapters: 'New
Materialisms' which incorporates ecocriticism, animal studies,
posthumanism and thing theory; '21st Century and Future
Developments' which includes technology, digital humanities, ethics
and affect.
First published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts
to reclaim Brecht's emphasis on his self-described 'dialectical
theatre', re-examining firstly the concepts of Gestus and
Verfremdung and their realisation in Brecht's poetry in terms of
his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical
materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes
issue with the customary view of Brecht's career and politics which
sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or
bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brecht's
political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx,
Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in
relation to the early and late plays, The Measures Taken and Days
of the Commune as well as in relation to Brecht's changed
circumstances in the years of war-time exile and in post-war East
Germany.
In this original study, Peter Brooker takes issue with the
simplified opposition of postmodernism to modernism in accounts of
the modern period. Instead, he follows the course of modernity in
the spectacular example of New York, to reveal the complexities of
both modernist and postmodern responses to the city. Brooker's
study refers us to the fiction of Doctorow, Don DeLillo and Toni
Morrison and especially to the new urban `ethnic' writing. Here the
voice of creative dissent and cultural hybridity expresses the best
in a tradition of Amerian newness; this Peter Brooker calls the
`new modern'. The text is an important contribution to contemporary
debates on modernism and postmodernism, providing a thorough
interdisciplinary study of new American writing within the
socio-economic context of New York City and will be of great
interest to students of American Studies, Cultural Studies and
Literature.
This introductory reader consists of extracts from critical
analyses, largely by 20th-century Anglo-American literary critics,
set around major literary texts that undergraduate students are
known to be familiar with. It is pecifically targetted to present
literary criticism to 1st and 2nd year undergraduates through
practical examples of essays by the literary theorists themselves,
on texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example
essays are included for each author/text presented.
In this original study, Peter Brooker takes issue with the
simplified opposition of postmodernism to modernism in accounts of
the modern period. Instead, he follows the course of modernity in
the spectacular example of New York, to reveal the complexities of
both modernist and postmodern responses to the city. Brooker's
study refers us to the fiction of Doctorow, Don DeLillo and Toni
Morrison and especially to the new urban `ethnic' writing. Here the
voice of creative dissent and cultural hybridity expresses the best
in a tradition of Amerian newness; this Peter Brooker calls the
`new modern'. The text is an important contribution to contemporary
debates on modernism and postmodernism, providing a thorough
interdisciplinary study of new American writing within the
socio-economic context of New York City and will be of great
interest to students of American Studies, Cultural Studies and
Literature.
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory is a classic
introduction to the complex yet crucial area of literary theory.
This book is known for its clear, accessible style and its
thorough, logical approach, guiding the reader through the
essentials of literary theory. It includes two new chapters: 'New
Materialisms' which incorporates ecocriticism, animal studies,
posthumanism and thing theory; '21st Century and Future
Developments' which includes technology, digital humanities, ethics
and affect.
First published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts
to reclaim Brecht's emphasis on his self-described 'dialectical
theatre', re-examining firstly the concepts of Gestus and
Verfremdung and their realisation in Brecht's poetry in terms of
his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical
materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes
issue with the customary view of Brecht's career and politics which
sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or
bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brecht's
political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx,
Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in
relation to the early and late plays, The Measures Taken and Days
of the Commune as well as in relation to Brecht's changed
circumstances in the years of war-time exile and in post-war East
Germany.
The Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory provides researchers
and students with an up-to-date guide through the vibrant and
changing debates in Literary and Cultural Studies. In a field where
meanings are frequently complex and ambiguous, this text is
remarkable for its clarity and usefulness. This third edition
includes 17 entirely new entries and updates to more than a dozen
others which address key concepts and contemporary positions in
both literary and cultural theory. New entries include: * Actor
Network Theory * Anthropocene * Ecocriticism * Digital Humanities *
Postcapitalism * World Literature
This introduction to practicing literary theory is a reader
consisting of extracts from critical analyses, largely by 20th
century Anglo-American literary critics, set around major literary
texts that undergraduate students are known to be familiar with. It
is specifically targeted to present literary criticism through
practical examples of essays by literary theorists themselves, on
texts both within and outside the literary canon. Four example
essays are included for each author/text presented.
One of the most innovative tendencies in contemporary literary and
cultural studies is the investigation of space and geography, a
trend which is proving particularly important for modernist
studies. This volume explores the interface between modernism and
geography in a range of writers, texts and artists across the
twentieth century.
Cross-disciplinary essays test and extend a variety of
methodological approaches and reveal the reach of this topic into
every corner of modernist scholarship. From Imagist poetry and the
orient to teashops and modernism in London, or from mapping and
belonging in James Joyce or Joseph Conrad to the space of new media
artists, this remarkable volume offers fresh, invigorating research
that ranges across the field of modernism, but also serves to
signal the many exciting new directions that future studies may
take.
With ground-breaking essays from an international team of
highly-regarded scholars, "Geographies of Modernism" is an
important step forward in literary and cultural studies.
The concepts of 'Modernism' and 'Postmodernism' constitute the
single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and
culture and are the cause of much debate. In this influential
volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the key viewpoints from a
variety of major critics and sets these additionally alongside
challenging arguments from Third World, Black and Feminist
perspectives. His excellent Introduction and detailed headnotes for
each section and essay provide an indispensable guide to
interpreting the many different opinions, and prove to be valuable
contributions in their own right.
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