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Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
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Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture
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The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. The
'American Dream' has not only imagined the prospect of material
prosperity; it has also imagined the end of the world. '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. For those
studying the history of America, renditions of the apocalypse are
simply unavoidable. 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. It locates the logic
and rhetoric of apocalypse at the very core of American literary
history.
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