establishing the continuum Graham, Matt 1987- creator author. text bibliography nyu 2024 monographic eng 1 online resource. "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"-- Matt Graham. American fiction 21st century History and criticism Literature and society United States History 21st century Post-postmodernism (Literature) Literature Aesthetics LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics PS374.P64 9781003431381 1003431380 9781040091135 104009113X 9781040091104 1040091105 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003431381 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003431381 http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf OCoLC-P 240306 20251030122246.0 9781003431381 eng