Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture #: Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture

Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture #: Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture
John Hay
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The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. The ' American Dream' has not only imagined the prospect of material prosperity; it has also imagined the end of the world. ' Final forecasts' constitute one of America' s oldest literary genres, extending from the eschatological theology of the New England Puritans to the revolutionary discourse of the early republic, the emancipatory rhetoric of the Civil War, the anxious fantasies of the atomic age, and the doomsday digital media of today. For those studying the history of America, renditions of the apocalypse are simply unavoidable. This book brings together two dozen essays by prominent scholars that explore the meanings of apocalypse across different periods, regions, genres, registers, modes, and traditions of American literature and culture. It locates the logic and rhetoric of apocalypse at the very core of American literary history.

Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture
City in American Literature and Culture, The
Climate and American Literature
Gender in American Literature and Culture
War and American Literature

John Hay is Associate Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he specializes in nineteenth-century American literature. He is the author of Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature (2017) and a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies.
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ISBN-13: 9781108493840
Published: 17 Dec 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 160mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 630g
Pages: 350

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