After The End

Autori

• James O. Berger

Parametri

• 248 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Postapocalittico
• Saggistica
• Teorie Scientifiche

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In this study of the cultural pursuit of the end and what follows, Berger contends that every apocalyptic depiction leaves something behind, some mixture of paradise and wasteland. Combining literary, psychoanalytic, and historical methods, Berger mines these depictions for their weight and influence on current culture. He applies wide-ranging evidence--from science fiction to Holocaust literature, from Thomas Pynchon to talk shows, from American politics to the fiction of Toni Morrison--to reveal how representations of apocalyptic endings are indelibly marked by catastrophic histories.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1999

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