History as Apocalypse. Suny Series in Religion.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Einband leicht berieben, Buchr�cken leicht besto�n, kleine Verschmutzung auf Fu�chnitt, sonst gut und innen sauber / binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly bumped, small soiling on bottom edge, otherwise good and clean inside. - HISTORY AS APOCALYPSE is a reenactment of the history of the Western consciousness from the Homeric and Biblical revolutions through Finnegans Wake. This occurs through a historical, literary, and theological analysis of the Christian epic tradition. While attention is focused primarily upon Dante, Milton, Blake, and Joyce, the Classical and Biblical foundations of the Christian epic are explored with the intention of discovering an organic unity in the evolution of the Western consciousness. Our primary epics are identified as revolutionary breakthroughs, not only as transformations of consciousness but also records of social revolutions. The Christian epic is both a consequence and a primary embodiment of the decisive historical revolutions, revolutions culminating with the ending of our historical evolution. / Contents Preface Prologue One. The Birth of Vision Two. Destiny, Deity, and Death Three. Israel and the Birth of Scripture Four. Paul and the Birth of Self-Consciousness Five. Augustine and the Foundation of Western Christendom Six. Dante and the Gothic Revolution Seven. Milton and the English Revolution Eight. Blake and the French Revolution Nine. Joyce and the End of History Index. ISBN 9780887060137