Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture

by
Jim Holteeditor

James Craig Holte is emeritus professor of English and film studies at East Carolina University.

Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture

20191130

ABC-CLIO

Pages 336
Topics Apocalypse;Blade Runner;Book of Revelation, The;Comic Books;Dr. Strangelove;End of the World, The;End Times;Literature;Film;Nuclear War;Popular Culture;Zombies;The Arts

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Imagining the End: The Apocalypse in American Popular Culture

Author(s): James Craig Holte
Contributors: Holte, Jim;
Abstract:

Imagining the End provides students and general readers with contextualized examples of how the apocalypse has been imagined across all mediums of American popular culture. Detailed entries analyze the development, influence, and enjoyment of end-times narratives.


  • Provides readers with comprehensive and contextual essays on major apocalyptic themes and subjects

  • Examines the source of most Western apocalyptic thought, The Book of Revelation and other Biblical apocalypses, in detail

  • Includes descriptions, analysis, and context for apocalyptic films, novels, television programs, and video games

  • Features a reader-friendly A–Z organization, with accessibly written entries
Editor(s): Holte, Jim;
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Author Info:
Jim Holteeditor

James Craig Holte is emeritus professor of English and film studies at East Carolina University.

eISBN-13: 9781440861024
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440861017
Imprint: ABC-CLIO
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 20191130