After the end
by James Berger
1998American literatureApocalypse in motion picturesApocalyptic literatureCatastrophical, TheCivilization
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In this study of the cultural pursuit of the end and what follows, Berger contends that every apocalyptic depiction leaves something behind, some mixture of paradise and wasteland. Combining literary, psychoanalytic, and historical methods, Berger mines these depictions for their weight and influence on current culture. He applies wide-ranging evidence--from science fiction to Holocaust literature, from Thomas Pynchon to talk shows, from American politics to the fiction of Toni Morrison--to reveal how representations of apocalyptic endings are indelibly marked by catastrophic histories.
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American literatureApocalypse in motion picturesApocalyptic literatureCatastrophical, TheCivilizationHistory and criticism
First published 1998Setting
United States1970-20th century
About the author
James Berger
1954
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