Offering a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism, this Companion features examinations of the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, and modern cultural studies. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.
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This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include postmodernism's relation to modernity, and its significance and relevance to literature, film, law, philosophy, and modern cultural studies. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology.
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- A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze on 4 pages
- Shadow of Spirit: Postmodernism and Religion by Philippa Berry in Front Matter, page 179, and Back Matter
- The Periodic Table by Primo Levi on page 76, and page 80
- Sri Lanka (British Documents on the End of Empire) (Pt. 1) by HMSO on page 217, and page 218
- Postmodernism: A Reader (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Patricia Waugh on page 18, and page 166
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- The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Kirk Freudenburg in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Efraín Kristal in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Shelley (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Timothy Morton in Front Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Wilkie Collins (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Jenny Bourne Taylor in Back Matter
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