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Family, Gender, and Society in 1950s American Fiction of Nuclear Apocalypse: Shadow on the Hearth, Tomorrow!, The Last Day, and Alas, Babylon

2006; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1542-734x.2006.00419.x

1542-734X

Richard A. Schwartz,

American Political and Social Dynamics

The Journal of American CultureVolume 29, Issue 4 p. 406-424 Family, Gender, and Society in 1950s American Fiction of Nuclear Apocalypse: Shadow on the Hearth, Tomorrow!, The Last Day, and Alas, Babylon Richard A. Schwartz, Richard A. Schwartz Florida International UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Richard A. Schwartz, Richard A. Schwartz Florida International UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 26 October 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-734X.2006.00419.xCitations: 2 Richard A. Schwartz is a Professor of English and director of film studies at Florida International University, where he has received the university's teaching and research awards. His academic books include The Cold War Reference Guide (1997), Cold War Culture (1998), Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War (1998), The 1950s: An Eyewitness History (2003), The 1990s: An Eyewitness History (2006), Woody, From Antz to Zelig: A Reference Guide to Woody Allen's Creative Work, 1964–1998 (2000), and The Films of Ridley Scott (2001). Schwartz has also published a novel, The Conflicted Liberal (2006). Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Nancy Anisfield, ed. The Nightmare Considered: Critical Essays on Nuclear War Literature. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State U Popular P, 1991. Google Scholar Biskind, Peter. Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties. New York: Pantheon, 1983. Google Scholar Brians, Paul. Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895–1984. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1987. Available online 〈http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/. Web of Science®Google Scholar Clarkson, Helen. The Last Day: A Novel of the Day After Tomorrow. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. Google Scholar Cogley, John. Report on Blacklisting. 2 vols. 1956. New York: Arno Press, 1971. Google Scholar Coontz, Stephanie. The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. New York: Basic Books, 1992. Web of Science®Google Scholar Dowling, David. Fictions of Nuclear Disaster. Iowa City, IA: U of Iowa P, 1987. Google Scholar Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems. New York: New Directions, 1958. Google Scholar Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Pictures of the Gone World. 1955. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1995. Google Scholar Frank, Pat. Mr. Adam. Philadelphia: Lippencott, 1946. Google Scholar Frank, Pat. Alas, Babylon. 1959. New York: HarperPerrenial Classics, 1999. Google Scholar Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. New York: Norton, 1963. 10.1016/0002-8703(63)90329-6 Google Scholar Ginsberg, Allen. Collected Poems, 1947–1980. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Google Scholar Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. 1954. New York: Penguin, 1999. Google Scholar Harvey, Brett. The Fifties: A Women's Oral History. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Google Scholar Keefer, Truman Frederick. Philip Wylie. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. Google Scholar Kinsey, Alfred C., et al. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1948. Google Scholar Kinsey, Alfred C. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1953. Google Scholar May, Elaine Tyler. Explosive Issues: Sex, Women, and the Bomb. Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of the Cold War. Ed. Lary May. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1989. 154-70. Google Scholar Merril, Judith. Shadow on the Hearth. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. Google Scholar Merril, Judith, and Emily Pohl-Weary. Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril. Toronto: Between the Lines Press, 2002. Google Scholar Schell, Jonathan. The Fate of the Earth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Google Scholar Schwartz, Richard A. Cold War Culture. 1998. New York: Facts on File, 2000. Google Scholar Schwartz, Richard A. How the Film and Television Blacklists Worked. Film & History Annual 1999. [CD-ROM.] Google Scholar Schwartz, Richard A. The 1950s: An Eyewitness History. New York: Facts on File, 2003. Google Scholar Shute, Nevil. On the Beach. 1957. New York: Ballantine Books, 1974. Google Scholar Wylie, Philip. A Generation of Vipers. New York: Reinhart, 1942. Google Scholar Wylie, Philip. Tomorrow! 1954. New York: Popular Library, 1961. Google Scholar Citing Literature Volume29, Issue4December 2006Pages 406-424 ReferencesRelatedInformation