[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-320179-105":59,"doc-detail-320179-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","the-end-of-the-world-apocalypse-and-its-aftermath-in-western-culture","The End of the World - Apocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture","","Explores apocalypse as a cultural and intellectual motif in Western history, tracing how “the end” is imagined, debated, and reinterpreted rather than treated as a single, final event. Investigates recurring themes across artistic and literary representations, connecting medieval and early modern ideas to later understandings of catastrophe, meaning, and aftermath. Includes scholarly apparatus such as illustrations, prologue, structured chapters, bibliography, and index to support critical study of gendered and national questions.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-end-of-the-world-apocalypse-and-its-aftermath-in-western-culture/320179/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-end-of-the-world-apocalypse-and-its-aftermath-in-western-culture/320179.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Clementine","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-23","2026-09-21",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the main focus of the book?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The book examines how apocalypse and its aftermath function as cultural and intellectual themes in Western culture rather than as a single definitive ending.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How is the argument structured?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"It is organized into a prologue, multiple numbered chapters addressing different aspects of “the end,” and an afterword, followed by bibliography and index.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Does the volume include scholarly support materials?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"Yes. It provides a list of illustrations, acknowledgements, a contents structure, and reference tools such as bibliography and an index.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},320179,1790509474,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":14,"category_name":15,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},1374391974564,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/14000253aa45c000a9e?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779874745381141002","Maria Manuel Lisboa  \nThe End of the World  \nApocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture  \nOpenBook Publishers  \nTo access digital resources including: blog posts videos online appendices  \nand to purchase copies of this book in: hardback paperback ebook editions  \nGo to:  \n[https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/106](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/106)  \nOpen Book Publishers is a non-profit independent initiative. We rely on sales and donations to continue publishing high-quality academic works.  \nMaria Manuel Lisboa is Professor of Portuguese Literature and Culture atthe University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. She specialises in nineteenth-and twentieth-century Portuguese and Brazilian literature, focusing on gender and national identity. She has written four monographs, including one on the renowned Portuguese artist Paula Rego. Maria Manuel Lisboa received the 2008 Prémio do Grémio Literário.  \nThe End of the World: Apocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture  \nMaria Manuel Lisboa  \nOpen Book Publishers CIC Ltd., 40 Devonshire Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BL, United Kingdom  \n[http://www.openbookpublishers.com](http://www.openbookpublishers.com)  \n© 2011 Maria Manuel Lisboa  \nSome rights are reserved. This book is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. This license allows for copying any part of the work for personal and non-commercial use, providing author attribution is clearly stated. Details of allowances and restrictions are available at:  \n[http://www.openbookpublishers.com](http://www.openbookpublishers.com)  \nAs with all Open Book Publishers titles, digital material and resources associated with this volume are available from our website:  \n[http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product.php/106](http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product.php/106)  \nISBN Hardback: 978-1-906924-51-5  \nISBN Paperback: 978-1-906924-50-8  \nISBN Digital (pdf): 978-1-906924-52-2  \nCover image: David Fox, New Zealand, flooded coastal forest (2010) Typesetting by [www.bookgenie.in](www.bookgenie.in)  \nAll paper used by Open Book Publishers is SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative), and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) Certified.  \nPrinted in the United Kingdom and United States by Lightning Source for Open Book Publishers  \nThis book is dedicated to our planet, with best wishes for many happy returns. In memory of my mother-in-law, Winifred Brick and my uncle, Ilídio Lisboa.  \nThis World is not Conclusion. A Species stands beyond—Invisible, as Music—But positive, as Sound—It beckons, and it baffles—Philosophy—don’t know—And through a Riddle, at the last—Sagacity, must go—  \nTo guess it, puzzles scholars—To gain it, Men have borne Contempt of Generations And Crucifixion […] .  \nEmily Dickinson  \nWhere have all the flowers gone? Long time passing  \nWhere have all the flowers gone? Long time ago  \nWhere have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one When will they ever learn?  \nWhen will they ever learn?  \nWhere have all the young girls gone? Long time passing  \nWhere have all the young girls gone? Long time ago  \nWhere have all the young girls gone?  \nTaken husbands every one When will they ever learn?  \nWhen will they ever learn?  \nWhere have all the young men gone? Long time passing  \nWhere have all the young men gone? Long time ago  \nWhere have all the young men gone?  \nGone for soldiers every one When will they ever learn?  \nWhen will they ever learn?  \nWhere have all the soldiers gone? Long time passing  \nWhere have all the soldiers gone? Long time ago  \nWhere have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards every one When will they ever learn?  \nWhen will they ever learn?  \nWhere have all the graveyards gone? Long time passing  \nWhere have all the graveyards gone? Long time ago  \nWhere have all the graveyards gone? Covered with flowers every one When will we ever lear","cbCaiugxrCyfp8wx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiugxrCyfp8wx","pdf",5670252,224,"English","# Prologue\n# Apocalypse Now and Again\n# The World Gone M.A.D.\n# And Then There Was Nothing: Is the End Ever Really the End?\n# Falling Out with Hal and Hester\n# Dying of Happiness: Utopia at the End of this World\n# Afterword: Libera Me, Domine, De Vita Æterna\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book examines how apocalypse and its aftermath function as cultural and intellectual themes in Western culture rather than as a single definitive ending.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the argument structured?\",\"answer\":\"It is organized into a prologue, multiple numbered chapters addressing different aspects of “the end,” and an afterword, followed by bibliography and index.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the volume include scholarly support materials?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. It provides a list of illustrations, acknowledgements, a contents structure, and reference tools such as bibliography and an index.\"}]","The End of the World - Apocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture | PDF",1789949354,345]