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Book Synopsis
* Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. .

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"...such is the challenging reading of things Niall Lucy offers in his magnificent book, Postmodern Literary Theory." McKenzie Wark, Higher Education

Table of Contents
Preface.

1. Mind and Myth.

2. Simulation and the Sublime.

3. The Death of History.

4. Literature and the Liminal.

5. Interpretation as Invention.

6. The Death of Criticism.

7. Rhetorical Reading.

8. Performing Politics.

9. The Death of Theory.

10. Concept Creation.

11. Ethical Evaluations.

12. The Return of Reason.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Postmodern Literary Theory

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 14 November 1997
      ISBN-13 9780631200017
      978-0631200017
      ISBN-10 0631200010
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      Language: reference and general Cultural studies Western philosophy from c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      * Introduces complex arguments in lively accessible form. * Deals with key contemporary theorists and historicizes postmodernism, back from Heidegger to Hobbes, and to its eighteenth--century origins. * Discusses postmodern fiction by such authors as Acker, Auster, Barth, and Pynchon. .

      Trade Review
      "...such is the challenging reading of things Niall Lucy offers in his magnificent book, Postmodern Literary Theory." McKenzie Wark, Higher Education

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      1. Mind and Myth.

      2. Simulation and the Sublime.

      3. The Death of History.

      4. Literature and the Liminal.

      5. Interpretation as Invention.

      6. The Death of Criticism.

      7. Rhetorical Reading.

      8. Performing Politics.

      9. The Death of Theory.

      10. Concept Creation.

      11. Ethical Evaluations.

      12. The Return of Reason.

      Notes.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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