LEADER 02493oam 22005773 450 001 9910778632103321 005 20231017221948.0 010 $a1-280-47063-1 010 $a0-19-802422-3 035 $a(CKB)111000211155140 035 $a(EBL)271012 035 $a(OCoLC)476006268 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11116766 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101669 035 $a(PQKB)11073750 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356726 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12087691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356726 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349938 035 $a(PQKB)11752168 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271012 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211155140 100 $a20130418d1998|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArguing the Apocalypse$ea theory of millennial rhetoric /$fStephen D. O'Leary 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (325 pages) 311 0 $a0-19-508045-9 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aApocalyptic 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. 606 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRhetoric 606 $aDiscourse analysis 615 0$aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRhetoric. 615 0$aDiscourse analysis. 676 $a291.23 700 $aO'Leary$b Stephen D$01523464 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778632103321 996 $aArguing the Apocalypse$93763655 997 $aUNINA