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Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Short Story in English.

How can the short story help to redefine modernism, postmodernism and their interrelationship? What is the status of the short story in modern literary history? These are the central questions that the essays collected in this volume try to answer from different perspectives through readings of shor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sacido, Jorge
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012.
Colección:Postmodern studies ; v. 48.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How can the short story help to redefine modernism, postmodernism and their interrelationship? What is the status of the short story in modern literary history? These are the central questions that the essays collected in this volume try to answer from different perspectives through readings of short fiction in English and accounts of the genre's theorisations. The essays by a group of international scholars tackle theoretical issues that are central in approaches to both "movements" such as periodisation, autonomy, high vs. popular literature, totality vs. fragmentation, surface vs. depth, ot.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (275 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789401208321
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