MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009038192
003 DLC
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008 090915s2009 cau b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780313354380 (hard copy : alk. paper)
020 $a9780313354397 (ebook)
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050 00 $aBL503$b.R44 2009
082 00 $a228.00973/090511$222
100 1 $aRehill, Anne Collier,$d1950-
245 14 $aThe apocalypse is everywhere :$ba popular history of America's favorite nightmare /$cAnne Collier Rehill.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bPraeger,$c2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Part I: Ubiquitous cultural expressions -- Apocalyptic warnings from TV -- To the White House -- Doomsday broadcasting on Comedy Central -- Homer Simpson and the rapture -- Party in hell on South Park -- Using Revelation as a template : the left behind series -- Apocalyptic brutality : Cormac McCarthy -- Part II: How we inherited the book of Revelation -- The apocalypse emerges from ancient ideas -- From the Hebrew distillation to Islamic interpretations -- Modern apocalyptic source : John's book of Revelation -- Christianity conquers Europe : the Middle Ages -- Religious challenges and imagining no apocalypse -- Christianity and Revelation cross the Atlantic -- Part III: Acting out the apocalypse in the new world -- Apocalypse in literature and film -- More doomsday tales -- Armageddon hits the big screen -- Eternity in comics and graphic novels -- Judgment Day in music and art -- TV and games to the rescue -- Apocalyptic fun in your own backyard.
650 0 $aEnd of the world.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States.