Title: John Updike and the Cold War
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: International relations in literature, Knowledge, Politics and literature, Communism in literature, Anti-communist movements in literature, Political and social views, Literature and history, In literature, Cold War in literature, History, Updike, john, 1932-2009, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Anti-communist movements, Cold war, Knowledge and learning
Places: Communist countries, Soviet Union, United States
People: John Updike (1932-2009)
Time periods: 20th century