Imagining Apocalypse: Maggie Gee's "The Flood."
Presents a literary criticism of the book "The Flood" by Maggie Gee. It outlines the book as a piece of apocalyptic literature and discusses the novel's structure. Biblical apocalyptic literature and prophetic literature are described. The fact that the novel was influenced by the terrorist attacks...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 374 - 398 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Fall2007
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| Sumario: | Presents a literary criticism of the book "The Flood" by Maggie Gee. It outlines the book as a piece of apocalyptic literature and discusses the novel's structure. Biblical apocalyptic literature and prophetic literature are described. The fact that the novel was influenced by the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on September 11, 2001 and the relevancy of postmodern literature are also explored. |
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