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The conclusion reviews the preceding chapters to arrive at an overview of the transformations of space and time in modernity observed, as well as to suggest how the contemporary senses of time and space may be changing with increasing critical awareness of the effects of modernity on the space of the planet and of the life-time of the planet itself.
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Kane, M. (2020). Conclusion. In: Postmodern Time and Space in Fiction and Theory. Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37449-5_7
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