02541nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10425458 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080617s2008 inu sb 001 0 eng 2008026867 GBA8B6925 bnb 014772121 Uk 9780268033804 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0268033803 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)694145919 n-us--- PS374.A65 L35 2008eb 813/.54093823 22 Leigh, David J. Apocalyptic patterns in twentieth-century fiction [electronic resource] / David J. Leigh. Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008. xvi, 256 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index. Introduction: ultimate issues in apocalyptic literature -- A literary reading of revelation in a postmillennial age -- The ultimate journey: the quest for transcendence and wholeness in the apocalyptic worlds of Walker Percy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo -- The ultimate conflict: the cosmic battle in the violent end-times of C.S. Lewis and Russell Hoban -- The ultimate union: person, community, and the divine in Doris Lessing's apocalyptic fiction -- The ultimate cosmos: a new heaven and a new earth in three science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, George Zebrowski, and Walter M. Miller, Jr -- The ultimate self: death and dying in John Updike and Charles Williams -- The ultimate challenge: apocalyptic liberation and transformation in African-American writing: Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison -- The ultimate way: apocalypse and pluralism in the postcolonial fiction of Salman Rushdie and Shusaku Endo. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. American fiction 20th century History and criticism. Apocalyptic literature History and criticism. End of the world in literature. Christianity and literature United States History 20th century. Fiction Religious aspects Christianity. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10425458 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 142758 142758