The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. The 'American Dream' has not only imagined the prospect of material prosperity; it has also imagi

This book examines the widespread use of postapocalyptic fantasies in American literary texts in the early nineteenth century.

This book examines what literature and film reveal about the urban USA. Subjects include culture, class, race, crime, and disaster.

Apocalypse shapes the experience of millions of Americans. Not because they face imminent cataclysm, however true this is, but because apocalypse is a story the

Visions of the American city in post-apocalyptic ruin permeate literary and popular fiction, across print, visual, audio and digital media. American Cities in P