Apocalyptic Chic (eBook)

Visions of the Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse in Literature and Visual Arts

Barbara Brodman, James E. Doan (Herausgeber)

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2017
290 Seiten
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (Verlag)
9781683930518 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses on legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the modern century: humanity’s fear of extinction and quest for survival.

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This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times and from peoples and cultures around the world. It reflects an increasingly popular leitmotif in literature and visual arts of the 21st century: humanity's fear of extinction and its quest for survival -- in revenant, supernatural, or living human form. It is the logical continuation of a series of collected essays examining the origins and evolution of myths and legends of the supernatural in Western and non-Western tradition and popular culture. The first two volumes of the series, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) and Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2013) focused on the vampire legend. The third, The Supernatural Revamped: From Timeworn Legends to Twenty-First-Century Chic (2016), focused on a range of supernatural beings in literature, film, and other forms of popular culture.

Autor

Barbara Brodman is professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Nova Southeastern University.James E. Doan is professor in the Department of Literature and Modern Languages at Nova Southeastern University.

Inhalt

IntroductionBarbara Brodman and James E DoanAllegory and Numerology in Apocalyptic EndgamesJames E. Doan“Ic Þa Beheold Þone Ormætan Lig”: Anglo-Saxon Constructions of the Apocalypse Legend as Religious and Communal Threats of DamnationAlex M. MilmineThe Symbiosis of Norse and Medieval Christian Eschatology in DC Vertigo’s Lucifer Series (2000-2006)Katherine AlloccoEzekiel’s Return to the ApocalypseTanner MorrisonBeginning at the End. Romantic Visions of the Last Man in Post-Apocalyptic RobinsonadesMaren ConradBrick Houses with Glass Foundations: The Failure Points of Post-Apocalyptic NationalismCasey RattoThe Textuality of Materiality: Will Self’s The Book of DaveDaniel SchäblerStyling the Post-Apocalyptic Self: Blankets and Rags, Skin and Bones, and the Fabric of PowerSarah HeatonPost-Apocalyptic Fiction in Canada after 9/11: A Future Based on CareAnnika Rosanowski“All at once the birds were everywhere”: Hitchcock and the Avian ApocalypseVictoria WilliamsDo Cybraceros Dream of A Good Night’s Sleep?Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández and Claudia SchaeferPost-Apocalyptic Dread and The Planet of the ApesMark PoindexterThe Place of Faith, Doubt and Sacrament in the Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of The Leftovers and The Walking DeadScott CulpepperWhen Worlds Collide: A Study of Detective/Sci-Fi Fusion in Ben H. Winters’ The Last Policeman TrilogyChristine A. JacksonWondering the Digital Wastelands: The Interactive Images and Legends of Disaster: Desire and Ideology in Post-Apocalyptic Videogames!Stephen J. WebleySurrounded by Decay: Apocalyptic Fascination in the Modern WorldAlyssa RyanApocalyptic Chic: Post-Apocalyptic Images in Twenty-First-Century Graphic Arts, Film and LiteratureBarbara BrodmanSelected BibliographyAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editors

Produkt-Details

• Co-Autor: Katherine Allocco, Raul Rodriguez-Hernandez, Annika Rosanowski, Alyssa Ryan, Daniel Schabler, Claudia Schaefer, Stephen J. Webley, Victoria Williams, Maren Conrad, Scott Culpepper, Sarah Heaton, Christine A. Jackson, Alex M. Milmine, Tanner Morrison, Mark Poindexter, Casey Ratto
• Zusatzinfo: 12 Illustrations including: - 12 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Apocalypse • Modern Literature • Pop culture • popular culture • post-apocalyptic • Twentieth-Century Literature
• ISBN-13: 9781683930518 / 9781683930518