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Millennial literatures of the Americas, 1492-2002 /

This study explores literary treatments of the end of the world in an array of works which appeared over the course of a 500-year span throughout the Americas. Beebee provides nuanced readings of the apocalyptic vision in an eclectic group of resources, ranging from letters of Christopher Columbus t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beebee, Thomas O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Imagining the Americas.
Subjects:
America > Literatures > History and criticism.
Amérique > Littératures > Histoire et critique.
Literature
America
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study explores literary treatments of the end of the world in an array of works which appeared over the course of a 500-year span throughout the Americas. Beebee provides nuanced readings of the apocalyptic vision in an eclectic group of resources, ranging from letters of Christopher Columbus to the lyrics of Bob Marley.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 248 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195339383
019533938X