Apocalyptic Fiction
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-3351-4 (ISBN)
Exploring the cultural and political contexts of these writings and their echoes in popular media, Apocalyptic Fiction also examines how contemporary apocalyptic texts looks back to earlier writings by the likes of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. Apocalyptic Fiction includes an annotated guide to secondary readings, making this an essential guide for students of contemporary fiction at all levels.
Andrew Tate is Reader in Literature, Religion and Aesthetics in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Lancaster University, UK. His previous books include Contemporary Fiction and Christianity (2008) and, co-authored with Arthur Bradley, The New Atheist Novel (2010) and, as co-editor, Literature and the Bible: A Reader (2013).
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Dreams of the 'Ruined' Future
2. 'God Rains Over Everything': Two Floods
3. 'Sudden Departure': Rapture Writing
4. 'In the Beginning, There Was Chaos': Atwood, Apocalypse, Art
5. Empty Roads: Walking After Catastrophe
6. Keep Watching: Spectacle, Rebellion and Apocalyptic Rites of Passage
Conclusion: Survival is Inefficient
Notes
Primary Bibliography
Annotated Secondary Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.01.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | 21st Century Genre Fiction |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 367 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4742-3351-1 / 1474233511 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4742-3351-4 / 9781474233514 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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