More or less accepted as a self-standing trend, more or less clearly defined, more theorised upon and less praised, postmodernism has gained its page in the history of literature, art, criticism, politics, technology and what not. Thus, extensive studies have been written trying to establish the new ideology of the new trend, trying to trace origins and set boundaries, to distinguish between features and follow the causes and effects. Our paper tries to be a brief account of all these mentioned above, with a focus on the main theories and theorists, always filtered through or applied on the work of Malcolm Bradbury who, from the double position of critic and writer, and spanning a creative period of approximately four decades, offers a clear example of the manner in which the postmodern ideology changed with each decade while still comprising a broad, constant spectrum.