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Wylie wrote the book in [[Miami Beach, Florida]] beginning on May 12, 1942 and ending on July 4, 1942; he felt disillusioned after having a job with the U.S. government providing information about [[World War II]]. The book was published in January 1943.<ref name=”Yardley”>{{cite news |author=Yardley, Jonathan |date=2005-07-30<!–Saturday–> |title=”Generation of Vipers” Loses Its Bite |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072902124.html |accessdate=2016-10-18}}</ref> |
Wylie wrote the book in [[Miami Beach, Florida]] beginning on May 12, 1942 and ending on July 4, 1942; he felt disillusioned after having a job with the U.S. government providing information about [[World War II]]. The book was published in January 1943.<ref name=”Yardley”>{{cite news |author=Yardley, Jonathan |date=2005-07-30<!–Saturday–> |title=”Generation of Vipers” Loses Its Bite |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072902124.html |accessdate=2016-10-18}}</ref> |
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By 1955 the book had twenty printings a new edition came out.<ref>”[http://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/files/lavender/momism.html Philip Wylie, “Common Women,” from Generation of Vipers (1942, 1955)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107143141/https://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/history/files/lavender/momism.html |date=2016-11-07 }}.” Posted at the [[City University of New York]]. Retrieved on October 18, 2016.</ref> |
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1943 book by Philip Wylie
Generation of Vipers is a 1943 book by Philip Wylie. In it Wylie criticizes various aspects and beliefs of contemporary American society, including Christianity; prominent figures such as politicians, teachers, and doctors;[1] and “momism” or the adoration of mothers.
Wylie wrote the book in Miami Beach, Florida beginning on May 12, 1942 and ending on July 4, 1942; he felt disillusioned after having a job with the U.S. government providing information about World War II. The book was published in January 1943.[2]
By 1955, the book had twenty printings and a new edition came out.[3]
Mike Wallace stated in his 1957 interview of Wylie that many viewers had criticized Wylie’s conclusions about mothers, and Wylie responded by stating that he was only talking about a certain type of mother.[1]
In 2005, Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post argued that the book had not aged well in his second reading; he had first read the book in the 1960s.[2]
- Bowman, James. “Not the greatest generation.” (Reconsiderations)
(“Generation of Vipers” by Philip Wylie )(Critical essay) New Criterion, March, 2013, Vol.31(7), p. 27(4) - Rogers, Michael. “Wylie, Philip. Generation of Vipers.” (Brief article)(Book review) Library Journal, Sept 15, 2007, Vol.132(15), p. 100(1)
- Rogers, Michael. “Generation of Vipers”. Library Journal. December 1996, Vol.121(20), p. 154.
- Plant, Rebecca, with Ross, Dorothy (advisor). “The repeal of mother love: Momism and the reconstruction of motherhood in Philip Wylie’s America.” PhD thesis, 2002.
- “Generation of Vipers” (Book Review). Science Fiction Studies, July, 1995, Vol.22, p. 234.
- Seed, David. “The Postwar Jeremiads of Philip Wylie.” Science Fiction Studies, 1 July 1995, Vol.22(2), pp. 234–251
