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A study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodern. Contemporary works of fiction by novelists such as Don DeLillo, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Thomas Pynchon and Martin Amis are viewed in relation to the most influential theoretical discussions of postmodernism and postmodernity. These theoretical writings include Theodor Adorno's critique of the culture industry , Frederic Jameson's and Jean-Francois Lyotard's analyses of postmodernism and the postmodern condition , and Jean Baudrillard's discussions of seduction and simulacra.

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Author:   Stephen Baker
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9780748610884

ISBN 10:   074861088
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   15 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Stephen Baker is a Lecturer in English at South Bank University, London and author of The Fiction of Postmodernity(2000).

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