Modern/Postmodern - A Study in Twentieth-Century Arts and Ideas

This survey of 20th-century arts and ideas attempts to identify underlying epistemological, aesthetic and ethical issues. The author emphasizes how works from diverse media relate to one another and how their relationships affect the contemporary artistic and philosophical climate.

List of contents

List of Plates

Acknowledgments

1-Introduction

2-Self-Conscious Theatre

3-Replications and Convergences

4-Projecting Genres, Projecting Selves

5-Writing About Writing: John Fowles and John Barth

6-Postmodernism, Posthumanism, and Politics

Bibliography

Index

About the author

By Silvio Gaggi

Summary

This survey of 20th-century arts and ideas attempts to identify underlying epistemological, aesthetic and ethical issues. The author emphasizes how works from diverse media relate to one another and how their relationships affect the contemporary artistic and philosophical climate.

Product details

• Authors: Silvio Gaggi
• Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1991
• EAN: 9780812213843
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1384-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 227 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary A; Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction; Penn Studies in Contemporary A
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies