Postmodernism in Life and Literature (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)

September 03, 2019 01:35:16
Postmodernism in Life and Literature  (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)
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Postmodernism in Life and Literature (Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner)

Sep 03 2019 | 01:35:16

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Show Notes

A brief history of 20th-century literary criticism ... John's battles against radical feminists as a grad student at SUNY Albany ... Post-structuralism and "how modernity failed itself" ... English department politics ... John: "Postmodernity is all around us" ... Postmodernity in the world vs. in the academy ... Post-postmodernism and cultural stagnancy ...

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