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The apocalypse is everywhere : a popular history of America's favorite nightmare
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The apocalypse is everywhere : a popular history of America's favorite nightmare

Author: Anne Collier Rehill
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Collier Rehill
ISBN: 9780313354380 0313354383 9780313354397 0313354391
OCLC Number: 422757505
Description: xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Preface -- Part I: Ubiquitous cultural expressions -- Apocalyptic warnings : from TV to the White House -- Doomsday broadcasting on Comedy Central -- Homer Simpson and the rapture -- Party in hell on South Park -- Using Revelation as a template : the Left behind series -- Apocalyptic brutality : Cormac McCarthy -- Part II: How we inherited the book of Revelation -- The apocalypse emerges from ancient ideas -- From the Hebrew distillation to Islamic interpretations -- Modern apocalyptic source : John's book of Revelation -- Christianity conquers Europe : the Middle Ages -- Religious challenges--and imagining no apocalypse -- Christianity and Revelation cross the Atlantic -- Part III: Acting out the apocalypse in the new world -- Apocalypse in literature and film -- More doomsday tales -- Armageddon hits the big screen -- Eternity in comics and graphic novels -- Judgment Day in music and art -- TV and games to the rescue -- Apocalyptic fun in your own backyard.
Responsibility: Anne Rehill.

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