Title Intrigue : espionage and culture / Allan Hepburn.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-321) and index.
Contents	Spies : 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.
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Summary	'Intrigue' examines the tradition of the spy narrative in the 20th century, setting the historical contexts for the main themes of the genre, such as the Cambridge spy ring and the Profumo Affair. Hepburn offers a systematic theory of the conventions and attractions of espionage fiction.
Subject	Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.
	American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Spy stories, American -- History and criticism.
	Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century.
	Espionage, British -- History -- 20th century.
	Spy films -- History and criticism.
	Espionage in literature.
	Spies in literature.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
	American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
	English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
	Espionage, American. (OCoLC)fst00915388
	Espionage, British. (OCoLC)fst00915390
	Espionage in literature. (OCoLC)fst00915386
	Spies in literature. (OCoLC)fst01129780
	Spy films. (OCoLC)fst01131033
	Spy stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01131041
	Spy stories, English. (OCoLC)fst01131046
	Fictie.
	Engels.
	Amerikaans.
	Spionageverhalen.
	Spionagefilms.
	Spionage.
	Spionnen.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Hepburn, Allan. Intrigue. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005 9780300104981 (DLC) 2004015680 (OCoLC)55948010
ISBN	9780300148480 (electronic bk.)
	0300148488 (electronic bk.)

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