Espionage and exile : fascism and anti-fascism in British spy fiction and film /

Analyses mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppression. Espionage and Exile demonstrates that from the 1930s through the Cold War British writers Eric Ambler, Helen MacInnes, John le CarrÃ♭, Pamela Frankau and filmmaker Leslie Howard combine propaganda and popula...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lassner, Phyllis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Spy stories, English > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Spy stories, English.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: exile: the heart of the secret world
  • Eric Ambler: espionage chronicler of the 1930s
  • Double agency: women writers of espionage fiction
  • Leslie Howard: propaganda artist
  • John le Carré's never-ending war of exile
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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