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We all die at the end
Storytelling in the climate apocalypse
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English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
We all die at the end offers a survey of contemporary end-of-the-world fiction, spanning literature, children’s fiction, video games, theatre and film. It draws on eco-critical philosophy and narrative theory to show ways in which the climate crisis is reorienting storytelling in the face of foreseeable human extinction. In the process, it argues that such stories have a role to play in helping us come to terms with the severity and scale of the crisis that we face.
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Sam Haddow is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Drama at the University of St Andrews
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' a timely and thought-provoking examination of climate crisis storytelling across genres. This study will be of particular interest to scholars in environmental humanities, literary and media studies, and cultural criticism. It is recommended for those interested in ecocriticism, media studies, or the cultural work of climate storytelling.'
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Front Matter
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Dedication
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Epigraph
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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A note on spoilers
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Prologue
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1 Growing up in this dying world
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2 Parenting in the end times
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3 Last battles of the sexes
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4 The swallowing green
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5 Fungal bogeymen
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6 End gaming
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7 Our ruins
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Epilogue
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References
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Index
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April 15, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9781526175298
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9781526175298
Keywords for this book
Anthropocene; children’s fiction; climate fiction; dystopia; ecocriticism; eco-horror; end-of-the-world; extinction; video games; weird fiction
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
