For this new edition, editor Charles Jencks, has provided an entirely new definitive introductory essay 'What then is Post-Modernism?' that reflects on the movement's coming of age. The book also encompasses essential classic texts on the subject by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi, while incorporating new inclusions by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, John Gray, Ihab Hassan and Anatole Kaletsky. Each text is introduced and contextualised for the reader with a new short introductory passage.A new edition of a classic anthology of 26 texts covering the full gamut of Post-Modern thought from architecture and literature to economics and theology.The reader includes key texts by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi.A book edited by the most influential figure behind the Post-Modern movement - Charles Jencks.A timely and informative publication for students that captures the renewed interest in Post-Modernism.
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For this new edition, editor Charles Jencks, has provided an entirely new definitive introductory essay 'What then is Post-Modernism?' that reflects on the movement's coming of age. The book also encompasses essential classic texts on the subject by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi, while incorporating new inclusions by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, John Gray, Ihab Hassan and Anatole Kaletsky. Each text is introduced and contextualised for the reader with a new short introductory passage.A new edition of a classic anthology of 26 texts covering the full gamut of Post-Modern thought from architecture and literature to economics and theology.The reader includes key texts by John Barth, Umberto Eco, David Harvey, Jane Jacobs, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Robert Venturi.A book edited by the most influential figure behind the Post-Modern movement - Charles Jencks.A timely and informative publication for students that captures the renewed interest in Post-Modernism.
Imprint | John Wiley & Sons |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | AD Reader |
Release date | November 2010 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | December 2010 |
Editors | Charles Jencks |
Dimensions | 250 x 174 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 352 |
Edition | 2nd Edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-74867-1 |
Barcode | 9780470748671 |
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LSN | 0-470-74867-2 |