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Autore |
Brennan Michael G |
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Titolo |
Graham Greene: Political Writer / / by Michael G. Brennan |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2016.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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European literature |
Literature - History and criticism |
Literature, Modern - 20th century |
Fiction |
European Literature |
Literary History |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
Fiction Literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction: Political Writer; Acknowledgements; 1 Fictionalized Politics; 2 National and International Politics; 3 The Alienated Englishman; 4 South America and the Outbreak of War; 5 War Recollected and the 1950s; 6 A Global Commentator and British Intelligence; 7 The Alienated Writer; 8 An International Commentator and Occasional Novelist; 9 Looking for an Ending; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Graham Greene remarked that 'politics are in the air we breathe, like the presence or absence of a God' (The Other Man). This study is the first to provide a detailed consideration of the impact of his political thought and involvements on his writings both fictional and factual. It also offers the first detailed consideration of Greene's involvements in espionage and British intelligence from the 1920s until the late-1980s. It incorporates material not only from his major fictions but also from |
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