Under the shadow: the atomic bomb and Cold War narratives

by Seed, David

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Title Statements

Full title :Under the shadow : the atomic bomb and Cold War narratives / David Seed.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Kent State University Press
Place of Publication:Kent, Ohio
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:299 p.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781606351468, 160635146X
oclc:on1088411501

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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American fiction American fiction -- History and critici… Atomic bomb in literature Bomba atómica Cold War (1945-1989) in literature Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures Cold War in literature Cold War in motion pictures Criticism, interpretation, etc Guerre froide au cinéma Guerre froide dans la littérature Kernwaffe Literatur Literatura comparada -- Temas, motivos Ost-West-Konflikt Roman américain -- Histoire et critique… USA