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Under the shadow : the atomic bomb and Cold War narratives / David Seed.
Van Pelt Library PS374.C57 S44 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seed, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Cold War in literature.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
- Atomic bomb in literature.
- Cold War in motion pictures.
- Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 299 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781606351468
- 160635146X
- OCLC:
- 776813691
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