British writers and MI5 surveillance, 1930-1960 /
Smith, James,1981-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2013.
"The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"--
"The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"--
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-198) and index.
Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Intellectual and intelligence contexts, 1930-60; 2. The Auden circle; 3. Ewan MacColl, Joan Littlewood, and Theatre Workshop; 4. Arthur Koestler and George Orwell; Epilogue; Notes.
Great Britain. MI5
English literature
Politics and literature
Intelligence service in literature.
Espionage, British
Right and left (Political science) in literature.