Teaching the Postmodern: Fiction and TheoryAims to provide an introduction to postmodernism accessible enough for the undergraduate reader and rigorous enough to inform and challenge the graduate student and professor. Designed for the classroom, this book reads both literary texts and theory, introduces the reader to key terminology. |
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