The Ecstasy of Catastrophe: A Study of Apocalyptic Narrative from Langland to Milton by Howard V. Hendrix

The Ecstasy of Catastrophe: A Study of Apocalyptic Narrative from Langland to Milton

American University Studies

Howard V. Hendrix

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The original meaning of apocalypse was -to uncover-, particularly through the ecstasy of dream and vision. This first meaning has long been obscured by a second and derived meaning, one which emphasizes global destruction occasioned by end-time ca...

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