Intrigue: Espionage and Culture Contributor(s): Hepburn, Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300104987 ISBN-13: 9780300104981 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $73.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Why do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political process? This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through the present day. Ranging from John le Carre ' s bestsellers to Elizabeth Bowen' s novels, from James Bond to John Banville' s contemporary narratives, Allan Hepburn sets the historical contexts of these fictions: the Cambridge spy ring; the Profumo Affair; the witch-hunts against gay men in the civil service and diplomatic corps in the 1950s.
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 823.087 |
LCCN: 2004015680 |
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.42" W x 9.52" (1.36 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: An inventive and surprising examination of a century of spy fiction. Why do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political process? This book examines the tradition of the spy narrative from its inception in the late nineteenth century through the present day. Ranging from John le Carr 's bestsellers to Elizabeth Bowen's novels, from James Bond to John Banville's contemporary narratives, Allan Hepburn sets the historical contexts of these fictions: the Cambridge spy ring; the Profumo Affair; the witch-hunts against gay men in the civil service and diplomatic corps in the 1950s. |