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    Paradoxes of Authenticity: Studies on a Critical Concept
    Paradoxes of Authenticity: Studies on a Critical Concept
    Paradoxes of Authenticity: Studies on a Critical Concept
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    Authenticity is one of the most crucial, but also most contested concepts in literary and cultural studies. Hollowed out by postmodernist theory, it paradoxically enough persists as an important backdrop for the discussion of literature, film, and the visual arts. The essays in this volume explore perspectives on authenticity and case studies dealing with »the authentic«. They thereby seek to show how the paradoxical persistence of authenticity in contemporary critical discourse can be turned into a fruitful point of departure for an analysis of literary texts, but also films, and the visual arts.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publishertranscript Verlag
    Release dateMar 31, 2014
    ISBN9783839418192
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