Bringing together essays on the cultural expression of apocalypse primarily in anglophone science fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries, this text examines the relation between secular and spiritual apocalypse.
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| Introduction: Aspects of Apocalypse | |
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| The Tales of the Last Days, 1805-3794 | |
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| The End of Ages | |
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| Re-Writing the Christian Apocalypse as a Science-Fictional Event | |
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| Edwardian Awakenings: H.G. Wells's Apocalyptic Romances (1898-1915) | |
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| Acts of God | |
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| The Dawn of the Atomic Age | |
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| Silo Psychosis: Diagnosing America's Nuclear Anxieties | |
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| Pocket Apocalypse: Survivalist Fictions from Walden to The Incredible Shrinking Man | |
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| "An Unrehearsed Theatre of Technology": Oedipalizations and Vision in Ballard's Crash | |
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| Disguising Doom: A Study of the Linguistic Feature of Audience Manipulation on Michael Moorcock's The Eternal Champion | |
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| Storm, Whirlwind, and Earthquake: Apocalypse and the African American Novel | |
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| Stylish Apocalypse: Storm Constantine's Wraeththu Trilogy | |
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| Jews and Independence Day, Women and Independence Day : Science Fiction Apocalypse Now Evokes Feminism and Nazism | |
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| Future/Present: The End of Science Fiction | |
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