The essays included in this collection offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and visual art which reflect the current (post-)millennial fascination with theorizing ends and beginnings. Addressing a variety of media, the authors wonder at the ongoing spectacle of exhaustion and regeneration playing itself out on the American stage.
Julia Nikiel and Izabella Kimak work at the Department of American Literature and Culture at Maria-Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland. They created and coordinate the ExRe(y) project and organize its biannual conferences.