Len Platt

Biographic Data

ID3981998
NAMELen Platt
GIVEN NAMESLen
FAMILY NAMEPlatt
SIGNATUREPLATT L
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature

    Open AccessBrian Mchale, Len PlattEDITORBOOKCambridge History of Postmodern…2016

    The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature offers a comprehensive survey of the field, from its emergence in the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of postmodern writing that helps readers to understand how fiction and poetry, literary criticism, feminist theory, mass media, and the visual and fine arts have characterized the historical development of postmodernism. Covering subjects …

  • Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature

    Brian Mchale, Len PlattBOOKCambridge History of Postmodern…2016

  • Postmodern Literature and Race

    Sarah Upstone, Len Platt et al.EDITORBOOKPostmodern Literature and Race2015

  • Popular Theater

    Open AccessLen PlattCHAPTERCambridge Companion to Modernist…2014

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  • Popular Musical Theatre, Cultural Transfer, Modernities

    Len Platt, Tobias BeckerARTICLETheatre Journal2013

    Between the years 1890 to 1930 a large number of popular musical theatre shows-musical comedies and operettas-were exchanged between London and Berlin. This essay represents the first attempt by scholars to examine this cultural practice. It outlines the implications of cultural transfer and exchange in terms of theatre history generally and the more detailed mechanics of show "translation." Using the figure of adaptation to explore cultural rela…

  • Modernism and Race

    Len PlattEDITORBOOKModernism and Race2011

  • Joyce and the Anglo-Irish

    Len PlattBOOKJoyce and the Anglo-Irish1998Cited by: 2

    Joyce and the Anglo-Irish is a controversial new reading of the pre-Wake fictions. Joining ranks with a number of recent studies that insist on the importance of historical contexts for understanding James Joyce, Len Platt's account has a particular focus on issues of class and culture. The Joyce that emerges from this radical reappraisal is a Catholic writer who assaults the Protestant makers of Ireland's traditional literary landscape. Far from…