Doomsday

I know we’re all about Glorious Awakening this week, but there’s something on my mind from last week that I don’t think we discussed. Apologies if everyone is already bored to death by Angels. Towards the end of the film Twelve Monkeys, Dr. Railly says to the older psychiatrist, “Psychiatry: it’s the latest religion. We […]

In the introduction to Apocalyptic Transformation, Elizabeth Rosen says, “it is the intent of this study to examine only texts which are working with the traditional apocalyptic form…and to think about what each artist gains from choosing to work with the classic rather than the new paradigm” (Rosen xxv-xxvi). The “new paradigm” she’s referring to […]