Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture Hay John
Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture Hay John The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. 'Final forecasts' constitute one of America's oldest literary genres, extending…
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Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture Hay John
The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. 'Final forecasts' constitute one of America's oldest literary genres, extending from the eschatological theology of the New England Puritans to the revolutionary discourse of the early republic, the emancipatory rhetoric of the Civil War, the anxious fantasies of the atomic age, and the doomsday digital media of today. The 'American Dream' has not only imagined the prospect of material prosperity; it has also imagined the end of the world.
This book brings together two dozen essays by prominent scholars that explore the meanings of apocalypse across different periods, regions, genres, registers, modes, and traditions of American literature and culture. For those studying the history of America, renditions of the apocalypse are simply unavoidable. It locates the logic and rhetoric of apocalypse at the very core of American
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