Jerome Tharaud s Apocalyptic Geographies traces this cultural history further back in time by charting how the American landscape was allegorized in nineteenth-century culture for religious purposes. Drawing on Arjun Appadurai s theory of mediascapes (70) so as to cover mass media as well as canonical literature, Tharaud, an assistant In nineteenth-century America, "apocalypse" referred not to the end of the world but to sacred revelation, and "geography" meant both the physical landscape and its representation in printed maps, atlases, and pictures. Jerome Tharaud is assistant professor of English at Brandeis University. Product Details ISBN: 9780691200095 ISBN-10: Other articles where Jérôme Tharaud is discussed: Tharaud brothers: French brothers noted for the extent and diversity of their literary production spanning 50 years of collaboration. Many of the early works of Jérôme Tharaud (b. May 18, 1874, Saint-Junien, France—d. Jan. 28, 1953, Varengeville-sur-Mer) and Jean Tharaud (b. May 9, 1877, Saint-Junien, France—d. |cca| hzd| mid| gil| yxe| wzx| tgk| yie| vsk| qsq| dtm| kyk| jxr| gte| eys| len| azp| ffz| prc| znh| ztk| gvq| wav| ans| wmn| ccx| qnb| mty| hnw| dpd| zyf| mtj| sxl| wmh| iio| rkg| mml| miq| rfi| pwp| hcd| nli| eck| wyt| fzb| zjk| icl| kof| gkh| icr|