Imagining Apocalypse: studies in cultural crisis
2000; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 37; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.37-3699
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoIntroduction - aspects of apocalypse, D. Seed the tales of the last days, 1805-3794, I.F. Clarke the end of ages, S.R.L. Clark re-writing the Christian apocalypse as a science fictional event, E. James Edwardian awakenings - H.G. Wells's apocalyptic romances, 1989-1915 P. Parrinder acts of God, R. Crossley the dawn of the atomic age, D. Seed silo psychosis - diagnosing America's nuclear anxieties, C. Gannon pocket apocalypse - survivalist fictions from Walden to The Incredible Shrinking Man, G. Slusser An unrehearsed theatre of technology - Oedipalizations and vision in Ballard's Crash, N. Davis disguising doom - a study of the linguistic features of audience manipulations on Michael Moorcock's The Eternal Champion, M. Hoey storm, whirlwind and earthquake - apocalypse and the African-American novel A.R. Lee stylish apocalypse - Storm Constantine's Wraeththu trilogy, V. Gough Jews and Day, women and Independence Day - science fiction apocalypse now evokes feminism and Nazism, M. Barr future/present - the end of science fiction, V. Hollinger.
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