The Passing of Postmodernism: A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary

The Passing of Postmodernism: A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary

The Passing of Postmodernism A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary JOSH TOTH Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2010 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Cathleen Collins Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Toth, Josh. The passing of postmodernism : a spectroanalysis of the contemporary / Josh Toth. p. cm. — (SUNY series in postmodern culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-3035-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Postmodernism (Literature). 2. Semiotics and literature. 3. Criticism. 4. Poststructuralism. 5. Derrida, Jacques—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PN98.P67T68 2010 809'.9113—dc22 2009021169 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For those who haunt everything I do: Dad, Mom, and (of course) Danica and Marlow Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio. —Jacques Derrida, Specters of Marx ...