Postmodernism and the Fin de Siecle |
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Editor:
| Hoffmann, Gerhard Hornung, Alfred |
Series title: | American Studies - a Monograph Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-8253-1044-8 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Publisher: | Universitatsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $63.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume, the fourth in a series of publications concerned with the analysis of postmodern American culture, takes up the issue of postmodernism, its functions and meanings, at the threshold to a new century and millennium. Critics from Europe and the United States, all of them specialists in postmodern criticism, examine various approaches to the emotionally charged fin-de-siecle and millennial sentiments from the perspectives of various disciplines such as literary and cultural...
More DescriptionThis volume, the fourth in a series of publications concerned with the analysis of postmodern American culture, takes up the issue of postmodernism, its functions and meanings, at the threshold to a new century and millennium. Critics from Europe and the United States, all of them specialists in postmodern criticism, examine various approaches to the emotionally charged fin-de-siecle and millennial sentiments from the perspectives of various disciplines such as literary and cultural criticism, history, feminism, religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and theater- and media sciences. The articles represent the broad spectrum of postmodern strategies of suvival in the confrontation with millennarian anxieties, fears, and panic.