Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature
- The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General introduction
- Part I Postmodernism before postmodernity?
- Introduction: postmodernism – rupture, tradition, historical reason?
- 1 Postmodernism and its precursors
- 2 After the Holocaust
- 3 Empire’s ebb
- 4 Cold War culture at the mid-century
- Part II The long sixties, 1954–1975
- Part III The major phase: peak postmodernism, 1973–1991
- Part IV Interregnum, 1989–2001
- Index
3 - Empire’s ebb
from Part I - Postmodernism before postmodernity?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2016
- The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature
- The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General introduction
- Part I Postmodernism before postmodernity?
- Introduction: postmodernism – rupture, tradition, historical reason?
- 1 Postmodernism and its precursors
- 2 After the Holocaust
- 3 Empire’s ebb
- 4 Cold War culture at the mid-century
- Part II The long sixties, 1954–1975
- Part III The major phase: peak postmodernism, 1973–1991
- Part IV Interregnum, 1989–2001
- Index
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- The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature , pp. 52 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016