LEADER 04319nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910456172803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-43752-6 010 $a9786612437526 010 $a0-300-14848-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300148480 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006623 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171535 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339240 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297378 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339240 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10323590 035 $a(PQKB)11432252 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420622 035 $a(DE-B1597)485489 035 $a(OCoLC)748209327 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300148480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420622 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351583 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL243752 035 $a(OCoLC)923595023 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006623 100 $a20040709d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntrigue$b[electronic resource] $eespionage and culture /$fAllan Hepburn 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 327 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10498-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and index. 327 $aSpies : 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. 330 $aWhy do spies have such cachet in the twentieth century? Why do they keep reinventing themselves? What do they mean in a political process? 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 Carré'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.Instead of focusing on the formulaic nature of the genre, Intrigue emphasizes the responsiveness of spy stories to particular historical contingencies. Hepburn begins by offering a systematic theory of the conventions and attractions of espionage fiction and then examines the British and Irish tradition of spy novels. A final section considers the particular form that American spy narratives have taken as they have cross-fertilized with the tradition of American romance in works such as Joan Didion's Democracy and John Barth's Sabbatical. 606 $aSpy stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSpy stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEspionage, American$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEspionage, British$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSpy films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEspionage in literature 606 $aSpies in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSpy stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSpy stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEspionage, American$xHistory 615 0$aEspionage, British$xHistory 615 0$aSpy films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEspionage in literature. 615 0$aSpies in literature. 676 $a823/.087209091 700 $aHepburn$b Allan$0906411 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456172803321 996 $aIntrigue$92468391 997 $aUNINA