Apocalyptic Chic (eBook, ePUB)

Visions of the Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse in Literature and Visual Arts
Redaktion: Brodman, Barbara; Doan, James E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781683930518
• Artikelnr.: 49809521

Autorenporträt

Edited by Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan - Contributions by Alex M. Milmine; Katherine Allocco; Tanner Morrison; Maren Conrad; Casey Ratto; Daniel Schäbler; Sarah Heaton; Annika Rosanowski; Victoria Williams; Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández; Claudia Schaefer;

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Barbara Brodman and James E Doan Allegory and Numerology in
Apocalyptic Endgames James E. Doan "Ic Þa Beheold Þone Ormætan Lig":
Anglo-Saxon Constructions of the Apocalypse Legend as Religious and
Communal Threats of Damnation Alex M. Milmine The Symbiosis of Norse and
Medieval Christian Eschatology in DC Vertigo's Lucifer Series (2000-2006)
Katherine Allocco Ezekiel's Return to the Apocalypse Tanner Morrison
Beginning at the End. Romantic Visions of the Last Man in Post-Apocalyptic
Robinsonades Maren Conrad Brick Houses with Glass Foundations: The Failure
Points of Post-Apocalyptic Nationalism Casey Ratto The Textuality of
Materiality: Will Self's The Book of Dave Daniel Schäbler Styling the
Post-Apocalyptic Self: Blankets and Rags, Skin and Bones, and the Fabric of
Power Sarah Heaton Post-Apocalyptic Fiction in Canada after 9/11: A Future
Based on Care Annika Rosanowski "All at once the birds were everywhere":
Hitchcock and the Avian Apocalypse Victoria Williams Do Cybraceros Dream of
A Good Night's Sleep? Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández and Claudia Schaefer
Post-Apocalyptic Dread and The Planet of the Apes Mark Poindexter The Place
of Faith, Doubt and Sacrament in the Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of The
Leftovers and The Walking Dead Scott Culpepper When Worlds Collide: A Study
of Detective/Sci-Fi Fusion in Ben H. Winters' The Last Policeman Trilogy
Christine A. Jackson Wondering the Digital Wastelands: The Interactive
Images and Legends of Disaster: Desire and Ideology in Post-Apocalyptic
Videogames! Stephen J. Webley Surrounded by Decay: Apocalyptic Fascination
in the Modern World Alyssa Ryan Apocalyptic Chic: Post-Apocalyptic Images
in Twenty-First-Century Graphic Arts, Film and Literature Barbara Brodman
Selected Bibliography About the Contributors About the Editors