States of suspense
Subtitle: the nuclear age, postmodernism and United States fiction and prose
By: Daniel Cordle.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780719077128
Subjects: Nuclear warfare and literature; Atomic bomb in literature; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States
Description: "When the atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, it not only signalled the final phase of the Second World War, it also precipitated a nuclear age that shaped the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. States of Suspense is about the representation of this nuclear age in United States literature from 1945-2005. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of American literature, and postmodern and technological culture. It will also be of interest to those more generally intrigued by the cultural fallout of the nuclear age."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-167) and index.