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APOCALYPTICISM IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY 2: REVELATIONS OF THE OTHER.

Traces the patterns and figures of the Apocalypse in relation to the representations of cultural identity in the U.S. Role of the myth of the Apocalypse in human history; Reasons behind the downfall of the ideology in different cultural forms; Information on different forms of cultural otherness th...

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Published in:Litteraria Pragensia: Studies in Literature & Culture Vol. 15; no. 30; pp. 79 - 107
Main Author: Procházka, Martin
Format: Article
Published: Charles University Prague, Faculty of Arts 2005
Subjects:
Apocalypse
Cultural identity
Apocalyptic literature (Christian literature)
Scarlet Letter, The (Book : Hawthorne)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
United States
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Summary:Traces the patterns and figures of the Apocalypse in relation to the representations of cultural identity in the U.S. Role of the myth of the Apocalypse in human history; Reasons behind the downfall of the ideology in different cultural forms; Information on different forms of cultural otherness that appear in the book "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne.