American science fiction and the Cold War [electronic resource] : literature and film / David Seed.

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INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:

Personal Author:

Seed, David. author

Publication Date:

1999

ISBN:

9780585105543

9781315062921

9781579581954

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index.

Contents:

Postwar Jeremiads: Philip Wylie and Leo Szilard -- Variations on a Patriotic Theme: Robert A. Heinlein -- History and Apocalypse in Poul Anderson -- Views from the Hearth -- Cultures of Surveillance -- Take-Over Bids; Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth -- The Russians Have Come -- Embodying the Arms Race: Bernard Wolfe's Limbo -- The Cold War Computerised -- Conspiracy Narratives -- Absurdist Visions: Dr. Strangelove in Context -- The Signs of War: Walter M. Miller and Russell Hoban -- In the Aftermath -- The Star Wars Debate.

Abstract:

American science fiction, both literature and film, has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. Working through key texts, this work investigates the political inflexions put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances.

Content Type:

text

Carrier Type:

online resource

Geographic Term:

USA.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635

Language:

English

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