The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare

The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare
ISBN-10
0313354391
ISBN-13
9780313354397
Category
Social Science
Pages
281
Language
English
Published
2009-11-12
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Author
Anne Rehill

Description

This wide-ranging exploration of the apocalypse in Western culture seeks to understand how we have come to be so preoccupied with spectacular visions of our own annihilation—offering abundant examples of the changing nature of our imagined destruction, and predisposing readers to discover many more all around them. • Illustrations showcase the widespread belief in apocalypse, including medieval drawings as well as contemporary photographs and movie stills • A wide-ranging bibliography points the way to significant materials from the fields of history, literature, popular culture, theology, and more

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