A William V. Spanos Reader

A William V. Spanos Reader
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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Total Pages : 1181
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ISBN-10 : 9780810130937
ISBN-13 : 0810130939
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Download or read book A William V. Spanos Reader written by Daniel T. O'Hara and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American critic William V. Spanos, a pioneer of postmodern theory and co-founder of one of its principal organs, the journal boundary 2, is, in the words of A William V. Spanos Reader coeditor Daniel T. O’Hara, everything that current post-modern theory is accused of not being: polemical, engaged, prophetic, passionate. Informed by his experience as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Spanos saw dire con-sequences for life in modernist aesthetic experiments, and he thereafter imbued his work with a constructive aspect ever in the name of more life.


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