Chapter Thirteen: Internationalizing the Aesthetic Stephen Spender, The Modern as a Vision of the Whole Spender explains that the movements of modern art and literature express the past-future confrontational view and analyzes six of them. ... Spender concludes that the art of poetry has receded because poets are limiting creation of contemporary writing by turning away from many areas of the modern world. ... Terry Eagleton, Preface, from The Illusions of Postmodernism Eagleton defines postmodernism and postmodernity in this writing. ... In summary, postmodernism is playful and artsy wher...

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I will begin with a section about the author himself and later include a section about his methods of writing and teaching creative writing to college students. ... After years as a newspaper reporter, a publisher approached Rick about writing a book about his own experiences growing up. ... On writing about the South, Rick says, "It's like cooking - in making a roux. ... Bragg's writing often reflects angst, which he says, comes from knowing first hand the injustices and class distinctions that still exist even in modern America. ... Though Welty mostly published fiction, she wrote...

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• Grade Level: High School