Imagining Apocalypse
David . Ed(S): Seed
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Description for Imagining Apocalypse
Hardback. Editor(s): Seed, David. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
This volume brings together essays by specialists in different disciplines on the cultural expression of apocalypse, in particular in anglophone science fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Approaching these works from historical, philosophical, linguistic and literary perspectives, the contributors examine the relationship between secular and spiritual apocalypse, connecting the fiction and films to their historical moment. Not surprisingly, war recurs throughout this material, as a critical turning-point, fulfilment of prophecy, or prelude to a new age. In particular the essays explore the issue of whether modern apocalypse is seen as an ending or a beginning, considered under its political, ... Read more
This volume brings together essays by specialists in different disciplines on the cultural expression of apocalypse, in particular in anglophone science fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Approaching these works from historical, philosophical, linguistic and literary perspectives, the contributors examine the relationship between secular and spiritual apocalypse, connecting the fiction and films to their historical moment. Not surprisingly, war recurs throughout this material, as a critical turning-point, fulfilment of prophecy, or prelude to a new age. In particular the essays explore the issue of whether modern apocalypse is seen as an ending or a beginning, considered under its political, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312222796
SKU
V9780312222796
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