After the end

Description:

In this study of the cultural pursuit of the end and what follows, Berger contends that every apocalyptic depiction leaves something behind, some mixture of paradise and wasteland. Combining literary, psychoanalytic, and historical methods, Berger mines these depictions for their weight and influence on current culture. He applies wide-ranging evidence--from science fiction to Holocaust literature, from Thomas Pynchon to talk shows, from American politics to the fiction of Toni Morrison--to reveal how representations of apocalyptic endings are indelibly marked by catastrophic histories.

subjects: American literature,  Apocalypse in motion pictures,  Apocalyptic literature,  Catastrophical, The,  Civilization,  History and criticism,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature,  Judaism and literature,  The Catastrophical,  United states, civilization, 1970-,  American literature, history and criticism, 20th century,  Apocalyptic art

Places: United States

Times: 1970-,  20th century