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Writing the rapture : prophecy fiction in evangelical America / Crawford Gribben.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gribben, Crawford.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Christian fiction, American.
- End of the world in literature.
- Rapture (Christian eschatology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Here, Crawford Gribben offers a history, description, and analysis of the rapture-novel genre. The late 1980s culminated in the creation of the Left Behind series. The novels in this series, Gribben shows, are derivative - borrowing entire characters and significant incidents from earlier books.
- Contents:
- The eclectic roots of prophecy fiction
- The orthodox consolidation of prophecy fiction
- Prophecy fiction and the second world war
- Prophecy fiction and the cold war
- Prophecy fiction and evangelical political reengagement
- The left behind phenomenon
- Prophecy fiction after left behind.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029612-7
- 1-281-98062-5
- 9786611980627
- 0-19-971683-8
- OCLC:
- 311297607
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