Leigh, David.

Apocalyptic Patterns in Twentieth-Century Fiction. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Literary Reading of Revelation in a Postmillennial Age -- 3. The Ultimate Journey -- 4. The Ultimate Conflict -- 5. The Ultimate Union -- 6. The Ultimate Cosmos -- 7. The Ultimate Self -- 8. The Ultimate Challenge -- 9. The Ultimate Way -- 10. Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.

Leigh succeeds in providing his readers with a general survey of twentieth-century novels that retrieve the thematic and formal elements of premodern apocalyptic literature.

9780268085674


American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Fiction -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.


Electronic books.

PS374.A65 -- L35 2008eb

813/.54093823