{"product_id":"the-ancients-and-the-postmodernsisbn-9781784782956","title":"The Ancients and the Postmoderns","description":"\u003cb\u003eFredric Jameson sweeps from the Renaissance to \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e High modernism is now as far from us as antiquity was for the Renaissance. Such is the premise of Fredric Jameson’s major new work in which modernist works, this time in painting (Rubens) and music (Wagner and Mahler), are pitted against late-modernist ones (in film) as well as a variety of postmodern experiments (from SF to \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, from “Eurotrash” in opera to Altman and East German literature): all of which attempt, in their different ways, to invent new forms to grasp a specific social totality. Throughout the historical periods, argues Jameson, the question of narrative persists through its multiple formal changes and metamorphoses.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Singular Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fredric Jameson is America’s leading Marxist critic. A prodigiously energetic thinker whose writings sweep majestically from Sophocles to science fiction.” —Terry Eagleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For anybody hoping to understand not just the cultural but the political and social implications of postmodernism … Jameson’s book is a fundamental, nonpareil text.” —\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The scope and profundity of \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e, covering theory, architecture, film, video and economics, is truly staggering … Brilliant.” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredric Jameson\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University. The author of numerous books, he has over the last three decades developed a richly nuanced vision of Western culture’s relation to political economy. He was a recipient of the 2008 Holberg International Memorial Prize. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Turn\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Singular Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Modernist Papers\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eArchaeologies of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBrecht and Method\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIdeologies of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eValences of the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Hegel Variations\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eRepresenting Capital.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303698026725,"sku":"NP9781784782956","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781784782955_72a09496-d324-4b17-81de-8cd413f1f126.jpg?v=1730755071","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-ancients-and-the-postmodernsisbn-9781784782956","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}