The original meaning of apocalypse was «to uncover», particularly through the ecstasy of dream and vision. This first meaning has long been obscured by a second and derived meaning, one which emphasizes global destruction occasioned by end-time catastrophe. The Ecstasy of Catastrophe untangles apocalypse back into its elements of ecstasy on the one hand and catastrophe on the other for ten important Medieval and Renaissance texts: Piers Plowman, Pearl, Malory's Sankgreal and Morte, Spenser's Faerie Queene Book I and two Cantos of Mutability, as well as Milton's increasingly post-apocalyptic Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. In the process of uncovering again the original meaning of the word, this study provides important insights into the nature of time, faith, salvation, and eternity as described in these ten texts.
Produktkennzeichnungen
ISBN-10
0820409049
ISBN-13
9780820409047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
218209790
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
394 Seiten
Verlag
Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York, Lang, Peter
Besonderheiten
Ned
Autor
Howard V. Hendrix
Buchtitel
The Ecstasy of Catastrophe
Format
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsjahr
1990
Buchreihe
American University Studies Series 4: English Language And Literature
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Item Length
22cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
15cm
Nummer Innerhalb der Serie
102
Item Weight
620g
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