Description:
Within the past ten years, the field of contemporary American literary studies has changed significantly. Following the turn of the twenty-first century and mounting doubts about the continued explanatory power of the category of "postmodernism," new organizations have emerged, book series have been launched, journals have been created, and new methodologies, periodizations, and thematics have redefined the field. Postmodern/Postwar--and After aims to be a field-defining book--a sourcebook for the new and emerging critical terrain--that explores the postmodern/postwar period and what comes after.
Review Quotes: "This is what a collection of essays should be: wide-ranging, superbly edited, and packed with the work of first-rate scholars. This is essential reading for anyone interested in postmodernism, contemporary literature, and the question of how to periodize the writing of the last six decades."--Timothy Melley, author, The Covert Sphere: Secrecy, Fiction, and the National Security State