Deserting society : fiction and travel in the shadow of the bomb, 1945-91
This thesis looks at literary responses to the Bomb as the greatest threat to humanity, examining English-language texts written between the destruction of Hiroshima and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Specifically, it investigates the representation of nuclear paranoia and the desert as a site of...
Main Author: | McCann, Mat |
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Other Authors: | Ellis, Jonathan ; Steadman-Jones, Richard |
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University of Sheffield
2015
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.686477 |
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