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

Main Author: Rehill, Anne Collier, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
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245 1 4 |a The apocalypse is everywhere :  |b a popular history of America's favorite nightmare /  |c Anne Rehill. 
260 1 4 |a Santa Barbara, Calif. :  |b Praeger,  |c c2010. 
300 1 4 |a xii, 281 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index. 
505 1 4 |a 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. 
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