Apocalypse, the

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Apocalypse, the, from a Greek verb meaning ‘to disclose’, a ‘revelation’ or an ‘unveiling’, and the title given to the book of Revelation in the NT. The term ‘apocalyptic literature’ is used in a broader sense to describe prophetic writings generally, of a range which includes many of the works of Blake, of Yeats (e.g. ‘The Second Coming’), D. Lessing's The Four-Gated City, the ‘disaster’ novels of J. G. Ballard, and other science fiction writers.

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