Under the Shadow : the Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives /

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In Pat Frank's 1959 novel Alas, Babylon, the character Helen says of her children: "All their lives, ever since they've known anything, they've lived under the shadow of war - atomic war. For them the abnormal has become normal." The threat of nuclear annihilation was a cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seed, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2013]
Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cold War in literature.
Atomic bomb in literature.
Cold War in motion pictures.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Guerre froide dans la littérature.
Bombe atomique dans la littérature.
Guerre froide au cinéma.
American fiction
Atomic bomb in literature
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature
Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The atom : from H.G. Wells to Leo Szilard
  • The dawn of the atomic age : the bomb and Hiroshima
  • The debate over nuclear refuge
  • Do-it-yourself survival
  • Philip Wylie on the state of the nation
  • Cultural cycles in Walter M. Miller's A canticle for Leibowitz
  • The pathology of warfare in Bernard Wolfe's Limbo
  • Push-button holocaust in Mordecai Roshwald's Level 7
  • Whales, submarines, and The Bedford incident
  • Nuclear safety procedures in Fail-safe
  • Uncovering the death wish in Dr. Strangelove
  • Mapping the postnuclear landscape
  • Future reportage on World War III
  • Beyond the Cold War.

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