Imagining Apocalypse

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"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, ethnic and gendered aspects."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: American Science fiction,  End of the world in literature,  Literature and society,  English Science fiction,  Social change in literature,  History and criticism,  Apocalyptic literature,  Science fiction, english,  Science fiction, american,  Science fiction, english--history and criticism,  Science fiction, american--history and criticism,  Apocalyptic literature--history and criticism,  Literature and society--great britain,  Literature and society--united states,  Pr830.s35 i43 2000,  823/.0876209372