1st Edition
Reconsidering the Postmodern European Literature Beyond Relativism
322 Pages
by
Routledge
322 Pages
by
Routledge
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From Michel Houellebecq to Zadie Smith, from Javier Marías to Arnon Grunberg: this timely study takes its reader on a tour of European literature and the critical discussion around it. Despite recent declarations of postmodernism’s demise, contemporary literature turns out to be entangled in a discussion with postmodernism. It is time to critically evaluate this legacy. Twelve specialists in the... Read more
Introduction: European Writers Reconsidering the Postmodern Heritage, I – European Literatures, II – The Transatlantic Connection, Notes, Bibliography, About the Authors, Index of Subjects, Index of Names
Biography
Thomas Vaessens is professor of modern Dutch literature at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Huizinga Institute. Yra van Dijk is assistant professor of Dutch literature of the University of Amsterdam.
