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Apocalyptic Transformation : apocalypse and the postmodern imagination / Elizabeth K. Rosen.
Van Pelt Library PS374.A65 R67 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosen, Elizabeth K., 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- End of the world in literature.
- Apocalypse in motion pictures.
- Postmodernism.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 205, [5] pages ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- Lanham, MD : Division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Sentient Vegetable Claims End is Near! The Graphic Novels of Alan Moore
- 2. Blue-footed Boobies and Other Witnesses to the End: Kurt Vonnegut's Apocalyptic Novels
- 3. A Tortured State of Mind: Terry Gilliam's New Jerusalem
- 4. Apocalypse Reloaded: The Matrix Trilogy
- 5. Willingly Believing Fiction: Robert Coover and Apocalypse as Metafiction
- 6. All the Expended Faith: Apocalyptism in Don DeLillo's Novels
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index.
- Local Notes:
- PR374.A65.R67 2008 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2019 has underlines and marginal marks.
- ISBN:
- 9780739117903
- 0739117904
- 9780739117910
- 0739117912
- OCLC:
- 176648848
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