1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453591403321

Titolo

The end that does : art, science and millennial accomplishment / / edited by Cathy Gutierrez and Hillel Schwartz ; senior advisors, Jeffrey Stanley and Matt K. Matsuda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-71039-0

1-317-48881-4

1-84553-488-3

1-281-74505-7

9786611745059

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Millennialism and society ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

GutierrezCathy <1967->

SchwartzHillel <1948->

Disciplina

202/.3

Soggetti

Millennialism

Religion and culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Foreword; List of Contributors; Epigraph: Will (poem); In/tensions; Part I: At/tension; The Pharmakon of the Apocalypse; The Merit of Time: A Genealogy of the Countdown; Postcard I (poem); Part II: Re/tension; Collecting the Cosmos: The Apocalypse of the Ancient Library; Giordano Bruno and the Rewriting of the Heavens; Francis Bacon's Scientific Apocalypse; Promise (poem); Part III: De/tension; The Elusive Isis: Theosophy and the Mirror of Millennialism; Promiseland: Utopian Technology and the American Millennial Dream

Postcard II (Poem)Part IV: Dis/tension; The End Is Still Near: The Eternal Apocalypse of the Tabloids; Christian Apocalyptic Fiction, Science Fiction and Technology; Unto (Rose Window, Sainte-Chapelle, Paris); Part V: Tense; Y2KO to Y2OK; Cloister (Poem); Respite (Poem); Part VI: Ex/tension; The Space Needle Hits the Road: The Portability of Home, Landmark, and Memorial; Ultima Thule - The City at the End of the



World: Jerusalem in Modern Christian Apocalyptic; International Radio; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Millennial movements have had a significant impact on history and lie behind many artistic and scientific views of the world. 'The End that Does' tracks the interplay of the arts, sciences, and millennial imagination across 3000 years. The volume presents essays ranging across the study of ancient ritualistic sacrifice, utopian technology and the American millennial dream, science fiction, and the apocalypse of the tabloids. The End that Does will be invaluable to any student or scholar interested in the history of millennialism.

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00490782

Autore

MENCKEN, Henry Louis

Titolo

The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States : Supplement 1. / by H. L. Mencken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : A. A. Knopf, 1945 ( (6a rist. 1956)

Descrizione fisica

XV, 739, XXXV p. ; 25 cm.

Disciplina

427.973

Soggetti

Lingua inglese - Stati Uniti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia