Description
Essays by noted cultural and literary theorists join with Bove's contemporary preface to represent the important and unique moment in recent intellectual history when postmodernism was no longer seen primarily as an architectural term, had not yet come to describe the wide range of culture it does now, but was finding power and place in the literary realm. These essays show that the history of postmodernism and its attendant critical theories are both more complex and more deeply bound with literary criticism than often is acknowledged today. Early Postmodernism demonstrates not only the significance of these literary studies, but also the role played by literary critical postmodernism in making possible newer forms of critical and cultural studies.
Contributors. Barry Alpert, Charles Altieri, David Antin, Harold Bloom, Paul A. Bove, Helene Cixous, Gerald Gillespie, Ihab Hassan, Joseph N. Riddel, William, V. Spanos, Catharine R. Stimpson, Cornel West
About the Author
Paul A. Bove is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh and editor of boundary 2, an international journal of literature and culture.
Book Information
ISBN 9780822316497
Author Paul A. Bove
Format Paperback
Page Count 276
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 590g