A Poetics of Postmodernism
 1988 Book jacket | |
| Author | Linda Hutcheon |
|---|---|
| Subject | Postmodern theory, literature and culture |
| Genre | Criticism, interpretation |
| Published | 1988 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Media type | Print, E-book |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9780415007054 9780415007061 |
| OCLC | 17107876 |
| LC Class | The Politics of Postmodernism |
| Website | Official website |
A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction is a monograph written by Linda Hutcheon. It was first published in 1988 by Taylor & Francis. [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Synopsis
Hutcheon opens her preface with an epigraph from Andreas Huyssen which says, "What will no longer do is either to eulogize or to ridicule postmodernism en bloc. The postmodern must be salvaged from its champions and from its detractors... "[1] According to Chris Luebbe, reviewing the work for the journal Modern Language Notes (or MLN) this epigraph succinctly describes Hutcheon's efforts in the production of this work and that Hutcheson succeeds. [1] The similarities and differences between this work and Fredric Jameson's earlier Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism have been discussed by scholars.[2][7]
Reception
According to Chris Luebbe writing for Modern Litarary Notes, "the issues and problems raised in Hutcheon's book are of great importance for an understanding of contemporary (postmodern) society and culture in all of their manifestations. If no answers are forthcoming in this work, at least "the questions that will make any answering process even possible are ... starting to be asked...'"[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Luebbe, Chris (1990). "Reviewed work: A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction., Linda Hutcheon". MLN. 105 (5): 1113–1117. doi:10.2307/2905181. JSTOR 2905181.
- 1 2 McHale, Brian (1992). "Postmodernism, or the Anxiety of Master Narratives". Diacritics. 22 (1): 17–33. doi:10.2307/465235. JSTOR 465235.
- ↑ Shirvani, Hamid (1994). "Postmodernism: Decentering, Simulacrum, and Parody". American Quarterly. 46 (2): 290–296. doi:10.2307/2713344. JSTOR 2713344.
- ↑ Waugh, Patricia (1989). "Reviews : Linda Hutcheon: A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction, New York and London: Routledge, 1988, £28.00, paper £9.95, xiii + 268 pp". History of the Human Sciences. 2 (3): 397–400. doi:10.1177/095269518900200309.
- ↑ Van Alphen, Ernst (1989). "The Heterotopian Space of the Discussions on Postmodernism". Poetics Today. 10 (4): 819–839. doi:10.2307/1772812. JSTOR 1772812.
- ↑ Bertens, Hans (1990). "Reviewed work: From the New Criticism to Deconstruction: The Reception of Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Art Berman; A Poetics of Postmodernism: History, Theory, Fiction, Linda Hutcheon". The Modern Language Review. 85 (3): 675–676. doi:10.2307/3732209. JSTOR 3732209.
- ↑ Duvall, John N. (1999). "Troping History: Modernist Residue in Fredric Jameson's Pastiche and Linda Hutcheon's Parody". Style. 33 (3): 372–390. JSTOR 10.5325/style.33.3.372.
External links
- Official website
- ISBN 9780415007054
- OCLC 17107876
Further reading
- Starrs, Bruno (2014). "Hyperlinking History and Illegitimate Imagination: The Historiographic Metafictional E-novel". M/C Journal. 17 (5). doi:10.5204/mcj.866.
- Jelena Martinec. (August 17, 2026). Linda Hutcheon's Historiographic Metafiction. Arcadia.
- Hutcheon, Linda (2003). The Politics of Postmodernism. doi:10.4324/9780203426050. ISBN 978-1-134-46519-4.
- Garcia, Patricia (2015). Space and the Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary Literature. doi:10.4324/9781315740829. ISBN 978-1-315-74082-9.
- Bryson, Michael (2019). The Humanist (Re)Turn. doi:10.4324/9780429291609. ISBN 978-0-429-29160-9.