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Postmodern Time and Space in Fiction and Theory seeks to place the contemporary transformation of notions of space and time, often attributed to the technologies we use, in the context of the ongoing transformations of modernity. Bringing together examples of modern and contemporary fiction (from Defoe to DeLillo, Frankenstein to Finnegans Wake) and theoretical discussions of the modern and the post-modern, the author explores the legacy of modern transformations of space and time under five headings: “The Space of Nature”; “The Space of the City”; “Postmodern or Most Modern Time”; “The Time and Space of the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction”; and “Travel: from Modernity to…?”. These five essays re-examine the meanings of modernity and its aftermath in relation to the spaces and times of the natural, the urban and the media environment.

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Author:   Michael Kane
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030374488

ISBN 10:   3030374483
Pages:   167
Publication Date:   15 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction     The Space of Nature I: Post-Romantic II: Post-Darwinian III: Post-Christian … Post-Extractivist? IV: Posthuman, post-naturally and Post-apocalyptic – The Last Post(s)?     The Space of the City I: The Nineteenth Century City II: The Modern City III: The Contemporary City     Postmodern or Most Modern Time I: Modernist Times II: More Recent Times     The Time and Space of the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction I: The Age of Mechanical Reproduction II: One-Dimensional and Monosyllabic III: The Age of “Electrickery” IV: Art works in shared spaces?     Travel: from Modernity to…? I: From pilgrim to tourist… to the airport… to the ‘selfie’ II: From Faustus to Houellebecq’s Platform   7.      Conclusion

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Michael Kane is Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Theory in the School of Arts of the Dublin Business School, in Dublin, Ireland. He is the author of Modern Men: Mapping Masculinity in English and German Literature (1999).

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