TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lassner,Phyllis
TI  - Espionage and Exile: Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Spy Fiction and Film 
SN  - 9781474401104
AV  - PR830.S65 L37 2016
U1  - 823.087209 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Spy stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: Exile - The Heart of the Secret World --; 1. Eric Ambler: Espionage Chronicler of the 1930s --; 2. Double Agency: Women Writers of Espionage Fiction --; 3. Leslie Howard: Propaganda Artist --; 4. John le Carré's Never-ending War of Exile --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Analyses mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppressionEspionage and Exile demonstrates that from the 1930s through the Cold War British writers Eric Ambler, Helen MacInnes, John le Carré, Pamela Frankau and filmmaker Leslie Howard combine propaganda and popular entertainment to call for resistance to political oppression. Their spy fictions deploy themes of deception and betrayal to warn audiences of the consequences of Nazi Germany's conquests and later, the fusion of Fascist and Communist oppression. With politically charged suspense and compelling plots and characters, these writers challenge distinctions between villain and victim and exile and belonging by dramatising relationships between stateless refugees, British agents, and most dramatically, between the ethics of espionage and responses to international crisis.Key FeaturesThe first narrative analysis of mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers demonstrating their critiques of political responses to the dangers of Fascism, Nazism, and CommunismCombines research in history and political theory with literary and film analysisAdds interpretive complexity to understanding the political content of modern cultural productionOriginal close readings of the fiction of Eric Ambler, John Le Carré and British women spy thriller writers of World War II and the Cold War, including Helen MacInnes, Ann Bridge, and Pamela Frankau as well as the wartime radio broadcasts and films of Leslie Howard
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474401111?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474401111
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ER  -