The end of the world /

Book Description: Wolfe sees in these postholocaust narratives a central attraction- "the mythic power inherent in the very conception of a remade world." This power derives from three sources: the emergence of a new order from the ashes of the old system, and thus a kind of denial of deat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rabkin, Eric S., Greenberg, Martin Harry, Olander, Joseph D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1983.
Colección:Alternatives.
Temas:
Science fiction > History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
End of the world.
Apocalypse in literature.
Science-fiction > Histoire et critique.
Fin du monde.
Fin du monde dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Science fiction.
Aufsatzsammlung
Science-Fiction
Weltuntergang > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Eric S. Rabkin
  • The remaking of zero / Gary K. Wolfe
  • The lone survivor / Robert Plank
  • Ambiguous apocalypse / Robert Galbreath
  • Round trips to doomsday / W. Warren Wagar
  • Man-made catastrophes / Brian Stableford
  • The rebellion of nature / W. Warren Wagar.

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