Terminal Visions: The Literature of Last Things

by W. Warren Wagar

A Personal Preface Part One / The Dream of Last Things 1. The End 2. A Short History of Doomsday Part Two / Archetypes 3. Circles and Lines 4. The Wheel of Time 5. The Day of the Lord 6. Form Sacred to Secular Part Three / The Etiology of Doomsaying 7. Fears 8. The Excluded Self 9. The Universe as the Jaws of Hell 10. Report from Cainsmarsh Part Four / The War of the World Views 11. Paradigms of Doom 12. Lest Ye Die 13. Prometheus Unbound 14. Follies and Mysteries Part Five / Aftermaths 15. Blind Alleys and Return Trips 16 The End of First Things Notes Selected Sources Index

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1982

About the author

Walter Warren Wagar

Reviews

[Thom Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wagar covers about 300 apocalyptic visionary fictions in this study. A handsome book.