02489oam 22005773 450 991081225020332120240410113719.01-280-47063-10-19-802422-3(CKB)111000211155140(EBL)271012(OCoLC)476006268(SSID)ssj0000105468(PQKBManifestationID)11116766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105468(PQKBWorkID)10101669(PQKB)11073750(SSID)ssj0000356726(PQKBManifestationID)12087691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356726(PQKBWorkID)10349938(PQKB)11752168(MiAaPQ)EBC271012(EXLCZ)9911100021115514020130418d1998|||| uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArguing the Apocalypsea theory of millennial rhetoric /Stephen D. O'LearyNew York :Oxford University Press,1998.1 online resource (325 pages)0-19-508045-9 Contents; A Note on Sources and Translations; ONE: Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse; TWO: Time, Evil, Authority; THREE: From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation; FOUR: Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement; FIVE: Millerite Argumentation; SIX: Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century; SEVEN: Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right; EIGHT: The Apocalypse of Apocalypses; EPILOGUE: Waco and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; IndexApocalyptic predictions of Armageddon and a New Age have been part of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the year 2000, millennial visions seem again to be increasing in popularity. The author of this text explores the phenomenon, proposing a rhetorical explanation.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismRhetoricDiscourse analysisApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticism.Rhetoric.Discourse analysis.291.23O'Leary Stephen D1707383AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910812250203321Arguing the Apocalypse4095583UNINA