Book contents
- Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature
- Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
- Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction A New World in Ruins
- Chapter 1 The American Noah
- Chapter 2 Narratives of Extinction and the Last Man
- Chapter 3 The Magnificent Mound Builders
- Chapter 4 History Unearthed
- Chapter 5 Contact at Ktaadn
- Conclusion The Revolutionary Ruins of the New West
- Postapocalyptic Postscript
- Frequently Cited Works
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
Chapter 2 - Narratives of Extinction and the Last Man
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2017
- Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature
- Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
- Postapocalyptic Fantasies in Antebellum American Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction A New World in Ruins
- Chapter 1 The American Noah
- Chapter 2 Narratives of Extinction and the Last Man
- Chapter 3 The Magnificent Mound Builders
- Chapter 4 History Unearthed
- Chapter 5 Contact at Ktaadn
- Conclusion The Revolutionary Ruins of the New West
- Postapocalyptic Postscript
- Frequently Cited Works
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017