03353cam a22005658i 4500 9781003431381 FlBoTFG 20251030122246.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 240306s2024 nyu ob 001 0 eng OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9781003431381 (ebook) 1003431380 9781040091135 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 104009113X (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781040091104 (electronic bk. : PDF) 1040091105 (electronic bk. : PDF) 9781032556000 (hardback) 9781032556031 (paperback) 10.4324/9781003431381 doi (OCoLC)1426301239 (OCoLC-P)1426301239 PS374.P64 LIT 004020 bisacsh LIT 024060 bisacsh PHI 001000 bisacsh DS bicssc Graham, Matt, 1987- author. 94538 Postmodernism, twenty-first century culture, and American fiction : establishing the continuum / Matt Graham. New York : Routledge, 2024. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge research in American literature and culture "Postmodernism's 'end' is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position - what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century? Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. By decoupling postmodern aesthetics from their twentieth century historical location, an alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period 'after' postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthetics become a confrontation of the chaotic realism of an inescapable post-Cold War capitalism, tapping into this cultural zeitgeist through literature"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. American fiction 21st century History and criticism. 94539 Literature and society United States History 21st century. 94540 Post-postmodernism (Literature) 94541 Literature Aesthetics. 69280 LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General bisacsh 94542 PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics bisacsh 64001 Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003431381 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf E-Books 67822 67822