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  1. Spain is different?
    Historical memory and the Two Spains in turn-of-the-millennium Spanish apocalyptic fictions
    Author: Knickerbocker, Dale
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff ; ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    This study explains the apparently paradoxical coexistence of scientific and religious world views in Spanish apocalyptic fictions from 1990-2005 as a result of the traditional conflict between conservative and liberal Spain, Spanish exceptionalism,... more

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    This study explains the apparently paradoxical coexistence of scientific and religious world views in Spanish apocalyptic fictions from 1990-2005 as a result of the traditional conflict between conservative and liberal Spain, Spanish exceptionalism, and the lack of reckoning for crimes committed during the Civil War and dictatorship during Spain's transition to democracy, before contextualising these fictions globally.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781786838131
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
    Subjects: Apocalypse in literature; Science fiction, Spanish-History and criticism
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (279 pages)
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  2. Spain is different?
    Historical memory and the Two Spains in turn-of-the-millennium Spanish apocalyptic fictions
    Author: Knickerbocker, Dale
    Published: 2021; ©2021
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

    This study explains the apparently paradoxical coexistence of scientific and religious world views in Spanish apocalyptic fictions from 1990-2005 as a result of the traditional conflict between conservative and liberal Spain, Spanish exceptionalism,... more

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    This study explains the apparently paradoxical coexistence of scientific and religious world views in Spanish apocalyptic fictions from 1990-2005 as a result of the traditional conflict between conservative and liberal Spain, Spanish exceptionalism, and the lack of reckoning for crimes committed during the Civil War and dictatorship during Spain's transition to democracy, before contextualising these fictions globally. Cover -- Series Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Homo narrans, homo sapiens -- or, why tell stories? -- Apocalypse now (and then): a beginner's guide to the end -- A Spanish (hi)story -- Metanarrative 1: Two Spains -- Metanarrative 2: Spain is different -- Metanarrative 3: The myth of the Transition -- Apocalypse and sublimation -- Why science fiction? -- The texts -- Chapter 2: Apocalypse and apotheosis in Rosa Montero's Temblor -- History, science fiction and the fantastic -- Mining the monomyth -- Apocalypse -- Chapter 3: Apocalypse and alienation in Javier Negrete's Nox perpetua -- Apocalypse Nox -- Speaking of science, fictionally -- The once and future us -- Alienation and the technological grotesque -- Chapter 4: The Mater of all apocalypses: Juan Miguel Aguilera's La locura de Dios -- A dialogics of the Two Spains -- or, a Llull in the action -- A most apocalyptic apocalypse -- A steampunk City of God? -- Chapter 5: Enlightening the apocalypse: Enrique del Barco's Punto Omega -- Getting to the point: Teilhard de Chardin's Omega Point theory -- Science fiction 1: Being human -- Science fiction 2: Observe - the observer -- Posthuman, all too human: the posthuman apocalypse -- The end of ideologies - or the birth of global totalitarianism? -- Chapter 6: Born to kill: Eduardo Vaquerizo's Mentes de hielo y noche -- Past imperfect, future imperfect -- Conclusion: the birth of ambivalent gods -- Chapter 7: 'Fiery the angels rose': José Miguel Pallarés and Amadeo Garrigós's Tiempo prestado -- The science fictional and Clarke's third law -- Apocalypse: of angels and monsters -- 'Your brother will rise again' -- Creation and evolution -- 'Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life' -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781786838131
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
    Subjects: Apocalypse in literature; Science fiction, Spanish-History and criticism; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (279 pages)
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  3. Spain is different?
    Historical memory and the Two Spains in turn-of-the-millennium Spanish apocalyptic fictions
    Author: Knickerbocker, Dale
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  University of Wales Press, Cardiff

    Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Homo narrans, homo sapiens -- or, why tell stories? -- Apocalypse now (and then): a beginner's guide to the end -- A Spanish... more

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    Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Homo narrans, homo sapiens -- or, why tell stories? -- Apocalypse now (and then): a beginner's guide to the end -- A Spanish (hi)story -- Metanarrative 1: Two Spains -- Metanarrative 2: Spain is different -- Metanarrative 3: The myth of the Transition -- Apocalypse and sublimation -- Why science fiction? -- The texts -- 2 Apocalypse and apotheosis in Rosa Montero's Temblor -- History, science fiction and the fantastic -- Mining the monomyth -- Apocalypse 3 Apocalypse and alienation in Javier Negrete's Nox perpetua -- Apocalypse Nox -- Speaking of science, fictionally -- The once and future us -- Alienation and the technological grotesque -- 4 The Mater of all apocalypses: Juan Miguel Aguilera's La locura de Dios -- A dialogics of the Two Spains -- or, a Llull in the action -- A most apocalyptic apocalypse -- A steampunk City of God? -- 5 Enlightening the apocalypse: Enrique del Barco's Punto Omega -- Getting to the point: Teilhard de Chardin's Omega Point theory -- Science fiction 1: Being human -- Science fiction 2: Observe -- the observer Posthuman, all too human: the posthuman apocalypse -- The end of ideologies -- or the birth of global totalitarianism? -- 6 Born to kill: Eduardo Vaquerizo's Mentes de noche y hielo -- Past imperfect, future imperfect -- Conclusion: the birth of ambivalent gods -- 7 'Fiery the angels rose': José Miguel Pallarés and Amadeo Garrigós's Tiempo prestado -- The science fictional and Clarke's third law -- Apocalypse: of angels and monsters -- 'Your brother will rise again' -- Creation and evolution -- 'Another book was opened, which is the Book of Life' -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works cited This study explains the apparently paradoxical coexistence of scientific and religious world views in Spanish apocalyptic fictions from 1990-2005 as a result of the traditional conflict between conservative and liberal Spain, Spanish exceptionalism, and the lack of reckoning for crimes committed during the Civil War and dictatorship during Spain's transition to democracy, before contextualising these fictions globally

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1786838133; 9781786838131; 9781786838148
    Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
    Subjects: Science fiction, Spanish; Apocalypse in literature
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (181 p)
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