Overview

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.
ISBN-13

9781349622474

ISBN-10

1349622478

Weight

0.66 Pounds

Dimensions

5.51 x 0.57 x 8.50 In

List Price

$109.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

ix, 240 pages

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published On

2000-01-14


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