Plotting Apocalypse

Delves into the world of rapture, prophecy, and tribulation in order to account for the extraordinary cultural salience of the Left Behind series of prophecy novels, and the impact of the world they project. Through penetrating readings of the novels, Chapman shows how the series offers a new model of evangelical agency for its readership.

Jennie Chapman, Hull, United Kingdom, is lecturer in twentieth-century American literature at the University of Hull. Her work has been published in Journal of Religion and Popular Culture , Utopian Studies , Journal of American Studies , and various edited collections on evangelical prophecy belief, apocalypse and popular culture, and religion and literature.