John Updike and the Cold War : drawing the Iron Curtain / D. Quentin Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, D. Quentin (Daniel Quentin), 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Updike, John--Political and social views.

Updike, John.

Updike, John--Knowledge--History.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Literature and history--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and history.

Anti-communist movements in literature.

International relations in literature.

Communism in literature.

Cold War in literature.

Communist countries--In literature.

Communist countries.

Soviet Union--In literature.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most enduring and prolific American authors of the latter half of the twentieth century, John Updike has long been recognized by critics for his importance as a social commentator. Yet, John Updike and the Cold War is the first work to examine how Updike's views grew out of the defining context of American culture in his time -- the Cold War. Quentin Miller argues that because Updike's career began as the Cold War was taking shape in the mid-1950s, the world he creates in his entire literary oeuvre -- fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prose -- reflects the optimism and the anxiety of that decade.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Citation

John Updike and the Cold War

Introduction

Knowledge of an Immense Catastrophe

Zero-Sum Marriages, Global Games

Vietnam and the Politics of Undovishness

Seeing How the Other Half Lives

A Reason to Get Up in the Morning

Conclusion

End of Time or Afterlife?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6326-7

OCLC:

56424953