Imagining Apocalypse

Studies in Cultural Crisis

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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. Among the writers covered are H. G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon and such contemporary figures as Michael Moorcock, J. G. Ballard and Storm Constantine.

Author Biography:

David Seed is Reader in English at Liverpool University.

Release date Australia

January 14th, 2000

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Edited by Kenneth A. Loparo

Pages

240

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

IX, 240 p.

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9780312222796

Product ID

5692831

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