Anna Hellén

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Apocalyptic Territories (eBook, PDF)

Setting and Revelation in Contemporary American Fiction

Beschreibung

Research on the relationship between the apocalyptic tradition and the literary imagination has typically espoused a temporal approach which in one way or another revolves around the order of events that precedes the end of history and the ensuing establishment of a new world. This study, by contrast, explores the spatial dimensions of apocalypse, more precisely the way in which the settings of the Book of Revelation are taken up by contemporary American writers and related to more general but also more contested concerns of territorial integrity and national identity. Influenced by Lefebvre's theories, the study understands territory not simply as the container of certain structures and practices but also as the result of them, just as bird song is not framed by but rather constructive of territorial borders. It is the equivalent of such 'songs' that this book seeks to listen in on, i.e. the apocalyptic narratives that have been passed on through the centuries to define and sustain territory on a local, regional, and national level, and the way in which seven novels by Rick Moody, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, Cormac McCarthy, and Michael Chabon respond to them.

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Autor

Anna Hellén is an associate professor at Borås University, Sweden. She has previously held positions at Gothenburg University and Lund University in addition to a visiting fellowship at Harvard University made possible by a grant from the Sweden-America Foundation. Her main research fields are American nineteenth-century literature, particularly Herman Melville, and contemporary American literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000032697
• Artikelnr.: 58644892

Rezensionen

"The book is poised to be a seminal study because of the uniqueness and clarity of its thesis. It is a text to which others will refer as they take on the study of place/space/geography in The Book of Revelation and other works of early, pre- and modern literature." -- Helen Doss, Wright College

"That which is distinct about this text is the nuanced and simultaneous audacious assertions about the role of place, space and geography in the context of apocalyptic texts, while maintaining that these texts include within them elements of redemption - this is a novel combination." -- Helen Doss, Wright College