Post-Apocalyptic Novel in the Twenty-First Century

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, major Anglophone authors have flocked to a literary form once considered lowbrow ''genre fiction'': the post-apocalyptic novel. Calling on her broad knowledge of the history of apocalyptic literature, Hicks examines the most influential post-apocalyptic novels written since the beginning of the new millennium, including works by Margaret Atwood, Dav...