"Research on the relationship between the apocalyptic tradition and the literary imagination has typically espoused a temporal approach which in one way or another revolves around the order of events that precedes the end of history and the ensuing establishment of a new world. …
Introduction -- 1. A Spatial Approach to Apocalypse -- 2. "That Theory of Paradise": Rick Moody's Suburban Apocalypse -- 3. "A City Better than Perfect": Harlem as the New Jerusalem in Toni Morrison's Jazz -- 4. McCarthy's Sourceless Apocalypse in Blood Meridian and The Road -- …
"Research on the relationship between the apocalyptic tradition and the literary imagination has typically espoused a temporal approach which in one way or another revolves around the order of events that precedes the end of history and the ensuing establishment of a new world. …