A Dictionary Of Postmodernism

• A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative collection of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture
• Represents a comprehensive guide to our current understanding of the field of postmodernism studies
• Features essays by the late Niall Lucy, leading expert in postmodernism studies, and by other noted scholars who came together to complete and expand upon Lucy’s last work
• Provides a series of brief essays rather than fixed definitions of several of the key ideas and arguments in postmodernism
• Covers both the main figures and ideas of postmodernism and several less canonical topics

Niall Lucy was Professor of Critical Theory at Curtin University and founding co-editor of the international journal. His books includeLiterary Theory: An Introduction (Wiley Blackwell, 1997), A Derrida Dictionary (Wiley Blackwell, 2004), andPomo Oz: Fear and Loathing Downunder (2010). A leading figure in and postmodernism, Lucy died in 2014.