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Magid, Annette M.

Apocalyptic Projections : A Study of Past Predictions, Current Trends and Future Intimations as Related to Film and Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (267 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- PART II -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- PART III: -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Apocalyptic Projections have been pondered since Biblical times. Theories abounded in an attempt to prepare for calamity and plan for the future. Worldwide concern regarding a twenty-first century apocalypse, related to the 2012 Mayan Apocalyptic prediction, sparked renewed interest. Even though the concept of apocalypse evokes images of total oblivion, threads of possibility and redemption offer a potential fabric of hope. The majority of the papers included in Apocalyptic Projections were p.

ISBN: 9781443878807

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Apocalypse in literature -- Congresses.
Apocalypse in motion pictures -- Congresses.
Apocalyptic literature -- Congresses.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PT405 .M384 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 809.933