Apocalypse and post-politics : the romance of the end

Apocalypse and post-politics : the romance of the end / Mary Manjikian.

In Mary Manjikian's Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End, apocalypse-themed novels of contemporary America and historic Britain are affirmed as a creative luxury of development. Manjikian examines a number of such novels using the lens of an international relations theorist, ide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manjikian, Mary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012.
Subjects:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
End of the world in literature.
Exceptionalism > United States.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Apocalypse in literature
End of the world in literature
Exceptionalism
Amerikanska romaner.
Apokalyps i litteraturen.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION; PART 1. APOCALYPSE AS PREDICTION; CHAPTER 1. APOCALYPSE AND NATIONAL SECURITY; CHAPTER 2. CATASTROPHE NOVELS AND PREDICTION; CHAPTER 3. UTOPIAN NOVELS AND FORECASTING; CHAPTER 4. THE ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S END; PART 2. APOCALYPSE AS CRITIQUE; CHAPTER 5. APOCALYPSE AND EPISTEMOLOGY; CHAPTER 6. EXCEPTIONALITY AND APOCALYPSE; CHAPTER 7. GOING NATIVE; CHAPTER 8. THE TRAVELER; PART 3. APOCALYPSE AS ETHICS; CHAPTER 9. ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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