End of Days: Essays on the Apocalypse from Antiquity to Modernity

ISBN-13: 9780786442041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 393 str.

Karolyn Kinane; Michael A. Ryan

Opis

Explores the idea of the apocalypse and its reception within culture and society. This book invites readers to explore ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern popular conceptions of the apocalypse. It focuses on the continuance of apocalyptic expectations and how they are understood within the realms of popular culture.