Modern/Postmodern: A Study in Twentieth-Century Arts and Ideas

Silvio Gaggi

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1989

Modern/Postmodern

A Study in Twentieth-Century Arts and Ideas

Silvio Gaggi

In the series Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802276

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About this book

This survey of 20th-century arts and ideas attempts to identify underlying epistemological, aesthetic and ethical issues. The author emphasizes how works from diverse media relate to one another and how their relationships affect the contemporary artistic and philosophical climate.

Author / Editor information

Silvio Gaggi is Emeritus Professor of Humanities at the University of South Florida and the author of From Text to Hypertext: Decentering the Subject in Fiction, Film, the Visual Arts, and Electronic Media, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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"Filled with clarity and insight. . . . It is admirably wide-ranging, touching on science, philosophy, politics, and the arts."—American Book Review

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Self-Conscious Theatre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Replications and Convergences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Projecting Genres, Projecting Selves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5. Writing About Writing: John Fowles and John Barth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
6 . Postmodernism, Posthumanism, and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 14 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: August 10, 2015
ISBN: 9781512802276