Böcker av Peter (University of Nottingham Brooker

This study provides an interdisciplinary examination of contemporary American writing using the example of New York City. The book challenges the simplified view that postmodernism ended modernist critique and left political opposition.

The concepts of ''Modernism'' and ''Postmodernism'' constitute the single most dominant issue of twentieth-century literature and culture and are the cause of much debate. In this influential volume, Peter Brooker presents some of the key viewpoints from a variety of major critics and sets these additionally alongside challenging arguments from Third World, Black and Feminist perspectives. His excellent Introduction and detailed headnotes for each section and essay provide an indispensable guide to interpreting the many different opinions, and prove to be valuable contributions in their own right.

This introductory reader offers an introduction to the major theoretical schools in twentieth century literary theory. It focuses on common literary texts presenting practical examples of essays by the literary theorists themselves. Four example essays are included for each author/text presented.