After the end
Subtitle: representations of post-apocalypse
By: James Berger.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Catastrophical, The; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; Judaism and literature -- United States; Apocalypse in motion pictures; United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.