Title: Plagues, apocalypses and bug-eyed monsters
Description: "Speculative fiction occupies a special position in contemporary American culture: It shows us our nightmares and contributes to our efforts to avoid them. That contribution, via the cautionary tale, is what has been captured and analyzed in this volume, which focuses on the nightmares and warnings reflected in prose, film, and television"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: American Science fiction, American Horror tales, Speculative fiction, Popular culture, History and criticism, Plague in literature, Monsters in literature, Apocalypse in literature, Mass media, Horror in mass media, Horror in literature, History, Science fiction, history and criticism, Horror tales, history and criticism, Popular culture, united states, Mass media, united states, history, American fiction, history and criticism
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century