Writing the Apocalypse
Subtitle: Historical Vision in Contemporary U.S. and Latin American Fiction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 28, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780521426916
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; American - General; 20th Century American Novel And Short Story; Latin American Novel And Short Story; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; Literary Criticism; USA; Caribbean & Latin American; Literary Collections / Continental European; Spanish American fiction--20th century--History and criticism
First sentence: AS THE YEAR 2000 APPROACHES and we become accustomed to thinking of crisis in global terms, references to apocalypse seem to be increasing steadily, both in frequency and volume.