Author : Fran Mason
Release : 2016-12-12
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 207/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater by : Fran Mason

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater written by Fran Mason. This book was released on 2016-12-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 postmodernist writing, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the postmodernist literature and theater.