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Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production – from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games. This book examines historical and imaginary scenarios of Apocalypse, the depiction of its likely triggers, and imagined landscapesin the aftermath of global destruction. Its discussion moves effortlessly from classic novels including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, to blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Armageddon and The Terminator. The author also takes into account religious doctrine, scientific research and the visual arts to create a penetrating, multi-disciplinarystudy that provides profound insight into one of Western culture’s darkest and most enduring preoccupations.
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Keywords
- 1984
- Aldous Huxley
- apocalypse
- Armageddon
- Blade Runner
- Brave New World
- Cultural Studies
- Douglas Adams
- film studies
- Film, TV & radio
- George Orwell
- Harry Potter
- John Wyndham
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Literature
- Literature & literary studies
- Literature: history & criticism
- Margaret Atwood
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Oryx and Crake
- Performing Arts
- Performing Arts / Film & Video
- Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- Terminator
- The arts
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- thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
- utopia
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DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0015Editions
