{"product_id":"under-the-shadow-seed-9781606351468","title":"Under the Shadow: The Atomic Bomb and Cold War Narratives","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn engrossing analysis of the fiction of nuclear war\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Pat Frank's 1959 novel \u003cem\u003eAlas, Babylon, \u003c\/em\u003ethe character Helen says of her children: \"All their lives, ever since they've known anything, they've lived under the shadow of war--atomic war. For them the abnormal has become normal.\" The threat of nuclear annihilation was a constant source of dread during the Cold War, and in \u003cem\u003eUnder the Shadow, \u003c\/em\u003e author David Seed examines how authors and filmmakers made repeated efforts in their work to imagine the unimaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeed discusses classics of the period like Nevil Shute's \u003cem\u003eOn the Beach, \u003c\/em\u003e but he also argues for recognition of less-known works such as Walter M. Miller's depiction of historical cycles in \u003cem\u003eA Canticle for Leibowitz, \u003c\/em\u003e Bernard Wolfe's black comedy of aggression in \u003cem\u003eLimbo, \u003c\/em\u003e or Mordecai Roshwald's satirical depiction of technology running out of human control in \u003cem\u003eLevel 7.\u003c\/em\u003e Seed relates these literary works to their historical contexts and to their adaptations in film. Two prime examples of this interaction between media are the motion pictures \u003cem\u003eFail-Safe \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDr. Strangelove, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich dramatize the threat posed by the arms race to rationality and ultimate human survival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeed addresses the attempts made by characters to remap America as a central part of their efforts to understand the horrors of the war. A particular subset of future histories is also examined: accounts of a Third World War, which draw on the conventions of military history and reportage to depict probable war scenarios. \u003cem\u003eUnder the Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e concludes with a discussion of the recent fiction of nuclear terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160635146X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606351468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.57h x 6.49w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013","brand":"Seed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965286629631,"sku":"9781606351468","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e516116-f4ab-4612-bcc6-066857dc0485.jpg?v=1767279521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-the-shadow-seed-9781606351468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}