“In a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles... Contemporary or postmodernist art... will involve the necessary failure of art and the aesthetic, the failure of the new, the imprisonment in the past.”
Quote by Fredric Jameson
Work
The Cultural Turn: Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983-1998
This book compiles a series of essays that delve into the transformation of cultural perspectives and the emergence of postmodern ideas between 1983 and 1998. more
Author
Fredric Jameson
Fredric Jameson is a renowned American literary theorist and critic, born on April 14, 1934. His research spans across various fields such as Marxist theory, postmodernism, and cultural studies, having a profound impact on contemporary literary criticism. more
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