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This is a comparative literary study of apocalyptic themes and narrative techniques in the contemporary North and Latin American novel. Zamora explores the history of the myth of apocalypse, from the Bible to medieval and later interpretations, and relates this to the development of American apocalyptic attitudes.Lois Parkinson Zamora is the author of 'Writing the Apocalypse: Historical Vision in Contemporary U.S. and Latin American Fiction', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521362238 and ISBN 0521362237.
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