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Apocalyptic fiction / Andrew Tate.

By: Series: 21st century genre fiction seriesPublisher: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 179 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781474233514
  • 1474233511
  • 9781474233507
  • 1474233503
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.920938228 23
LOC classification:
  • PN56.A69 T38 2017
Contents:
1. Introduction: Dreams of the 'ruined' future -- 2. 'God rains over everything': Two floods -- 3. 'Sudden departure': Rapture writing -- 4. 'In the beginning, there was chaos': Atwood, apocalypse, art -- 5. Empty roads: Walking after catastrophe -- 6. Keep watching: Spectacle, rebellion and apocalyptic rites of passage -- 7. Conclusion: 'Survival is insufficient.'
Summary: Visions of post-apocalyptic worlds have proved to be irresistible for many 21st-century writers, from literary novelists to fantasy and young adult writers. Exploring a wide range of texts, from the works of Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy and David Mitchell to young adult novels such as Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series, this is the first critical introduction to contemporary apocalyptic fiction. Exploring the cultural and political contexts of these writings and their echoes in popular media, Apocalyptic Fiction also examines how contemporary apocalyptic texts looks back to earlier writings by the likes of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. Apocalyptic Fiction includes an annotated guide to secondary readings, making this an essential guide for students of contemporary fiction at all levels.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN56.A69 T38 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001442721

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-171) and index.

1. Introduction: Dreams of the 'ruined' future -- 2. 'God rains over everything': Two floods -- 3. 'Sudden departure': Rapture writing -- 4. 'In the beginning, there was chaos': Atwood, apocalypse, art -- 5. Empty roads: Walking after catastrophe -- 6. Keep watching: Spectacle, rebellion and apocalyptic rites of passage -- 7. Conclusion: 'Survival is insufficient.'

Visions of post-apocalyptic worlds have proved to be irresistible for many 21st-century writers, from literary novelists to fantasy and young adult writers. Exploring a wide range of texts, from the works of Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy and David Mitchell to young adult novels such as Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games series, this is the first critical introduction to contemporary apocalyptic fiction. Exploring the cultural and political contexts of these writings and their echoes in popular media, Apocalyptic Fiction also examines how contemporary apocalyptic texts looks back to earlier writings by the likes of Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells and J.G. Ballard. Apocalyptic Fiction includes an annotated guide to secondary readings, making this an essential guide for students of contemporary fiction at all levels.

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