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apocalypse as a theme in literature

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Literally, the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation according to John. The more general sense, reflected in the adjective apocalyptic, is a type of literature that is prophetic or focused on the end of the world. Among English poets associated with the apocalyptic strain, the outstanding figures are William Blake, many of whose works—including his Milton (1801) and Jerusalem (1804)—are apocalyptic visions, and William Butler Yeats, whose "The Second Coming" is among the most celebrated poems of the 20th century.

The creation of the atomic bomb in 1945 has moved the apocalyptic form closer to realism.

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