Millennial Literatures of the Americas, 1492-2002 |
|
| Author:
| Beebee, Thomas O. |
| Series title: | Imagining the Americas Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-533938-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $56.00 |
Book Description:
|
In this sweeping study , Thomas O. Beebee explores literary treatments of the end of the world in a wide array of English, French and Spanish works to appear over the course of a five-hundred year span throughout the Americas. He provides nuanced readings of the apocalyptic vision in an eclectic group of resources, ranging from letters of Christopher Columbus to the lyrics of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, to the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal Martinez and the bestselling Left Behind novels by...
More DescriptionIn this sweeping study , Thomas O. Beebee explores literary treatments of the end of the world in a wide array of English, French and Spanish works to appear over the course of a five-hundred year span throughout the Americas. He provides nuanced readings of the apocalyptic vision in an eclectic group of resources, ranging from letters of Christopher Columbus to the lyrics of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, to the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal Martinez and the bestselling Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins