Troping History: Modernist Residue in Fredric Jameson's Pastiche and Linda Hutcheon's Parody
Tags: JAMESON, Fredric; HUTCHEON, Linda; POSTMODERNISM (Literature); MODERNISM (Literature); CRITICISM
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