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Author Melley, Timothy, 1963-

Title The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state / Timothy Melley.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  813.08 MEL    Check Shelf
Description x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-277) and index.
Contents Introduction: The postmodern public sphere -- 1. Brainwashed! -- 2. Spectacles of secrecy -- 3. False documents -- 4. The work of art in the age of plausible deniability -- 5. Postmodern amnesia -- 6. The geopolitical melodrama.
Subject Spy stories, American -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Espionage in literature.
Terrorism in literature.
Secrecy in literature.
World politics in literature.
Literature and history -- United States.
National security -- Social aspects -- United States.
Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780801451232 cloth alkaline paper
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9780801478536 paperback alkaline paper
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