In this book, Crawford Gribben offers the only full-length history, description, and analysis of the rapture-novel genre. The late 1980s, which saw a renaissance of the evangelical imagination, culminated in the creation of the Left Behind series, co-authored by Tim La Haye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The novels in this series, Gribben shows, are astonishingly derivative - borrowing entire characters and significant incidents from earlier books. Analyzing the
unexpected publishing success of the Left Behind novels, he characterizes the series as a barometer of evangelical popular opinion.
- ISBN10 0195326601
- ISBN13 9780195326604
- Publish Date 26 February 2009 (first published 2 February 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English