Apocalyptic Transformation: Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination 9781461632931

Table of contents :
Epigraph
Acknowledgements

Introduction
1. Sentient Vegetable Claims End is Near!
2. Blue-Footed Boobies and Other Witnesses to the End
3. A Tortured State of Mind
4. Apocalypse Reloaded
5. Willingly Believing Fiction
6. All the Expended Faith
Epilogue

Works Cited
Index
About the Author

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