Intrigue
Subtitle: espionage and culture
By: Allan Hepburn.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Spy stories, American -- History and criticism.; Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.; Espionage, British -- History -- 20th century.; Spy films -- History and criticism.; Espionage in literature.; Spies in literature.
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Spies : a theory of intrigue; title: Thrills : fear and catharsis as ideological effects; title: Codes : self-evident meaning in narratives of intrigue; title: Ghosts : illegitimacy and commitment in Under western eyes; title: Sewers : fantasies of death and disgust in The third man; title: Collaborations : love and war in The heat of the day; title: Walls : The spy who came in from the cold as allegory; title: Leaks : fighting the queer cold war in The untouchable; title: Disappearances : missing bodies in Sabbatical; title: Democracy : the death of a spy.