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dc.contributor.authorWheeler, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-27T14:30:28Z
dc.date.available2014-01-27T14:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationWheeler , P 2013 , ' ‘Another Generation Cometh’ : Apocalyptic Endings and New Beginnings in Science Fictional New London(s) ' , Critical Survey , vol. 25 , no. 2 , pp. 57-70 . https://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2013.250205
dc.identifier.issn0011-1570
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 2675722
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 373b12dc-83ef-4b69-b862-32ae457a62c3
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84893308831
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/12691
dc.description.abstractThis article looks at the sub-genre of apocalyptic science fiction and explores the ways that a range of contemporary writers engage with natural, climatic disasters and the damage wrought to the planet in the Anthropocene era. The novels under discussion are Maggie Gee's The Flood and The Ice People, Adam Roberts's The Snow, Stephen Baxter's Flood and Stephen Jones's creative compilation Zombie Apocalypse. The novels are analysed as examples of revelatory eschatological and apocalyptic literature that implicitly borrow from canonical religious writings of the past. The article analyses the apocalyptic narratives as predictors of both the end of the world and the coming of a new age. It focuses primarily on the novels' relationship to apocalyptic discontinuity and to end-of-the-world scenarios that are predicated on the forces of natureen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCritical Survey
dc.title‘Another Generation Cometh’ : Apocalyptic Endings and New Beginnings in Science Fictional New London(s)en
dc.contributor.institutionEnglish Literature and Creative Writing
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Humanities
dc.contributor.institutionSocial Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionEnglish Literature
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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