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Intrigue : espionage and culture /

'Intrigue' examines the tradition of the spy narrative in the 20th century, setting the historical contexts for the main themes of the genre, such as the Cambridge spy ring & the Profumo Affair. Hepburn offers a systematic theory of the conventions & attractions of espionage fictio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hepburn, Allan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Spies : a theory of intrigue
  • Thrills : fear and catharsis as ideological effects
  • Codes : self-evident meaning in narratives of intrigue
  • Ghosts : illegitimacy and commitment in Under western eyes
  • Sewers : fantasies of death and disgust in The third man
  • Collaborations : love and war in The heat of the day
  • Walls : The spy who came in from the cold as allegory
  • Leaks : fighting the queer cold war in The untouchable
  • Disappearances : missing bodies in Sabbatical
  • Democracy : the death of a spy
  • Conclusion: Little Rooms.