1st Edition
Realism and Power (Routledge Revivals) Postmodern British Fiction
By Alison Lee
Copyright 1990
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1990, this study focuses on the subversive techniques of British postmodernist fiction and examines its challenge to Realist traditions, and the liberal humanist ideology behind it. Exploring the concept of literary postmodernism, and the strategies and philosophies to which it has given rise, Alison Lee investigates how they are developed in a selection of contemporary British... Read more
Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Realism and its discontents 2. Telling li(v)es: History and historiographic metafiction 3. Postmodern performance 4. Un-mastering masterful images; Conclusion: Stephen King and beyond; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Alison Lee
