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Writing the rapture : prophecy fiction in evangelical America /

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Here, Crawford Gribben offers a history, description, and analysis of the rapture-novel genre. The late 1980s culminated in the creation of the Left Behind series. The novels in this series, Gribben shows, are derivative - borrowing entire characters and significant incidents from earlier books.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gribben, Crawford
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Christian fiction, American > History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
Rapture (Christian eschatology)
Fin du monde dans la littérature.
Ravissement (Eschatologie chrétienne)
Roman chrétien américain > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Christian fiction, American
End of the world in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Here, Crawford Gribben offers a history, description, and analysis of the rapture-novel genre. The late 1980s culminated in the creation of the Left Behind series. The novels in this series, Gribben shows, are derivative - borrowing entire characters and significant incidents from earlier books.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 258 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-251) and index.
ISBN:9780199716838
0199716838