| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index. |
| Contents |
The roots of espionage fiction -- Evolution of the genre -- World War I : empire and espionage -- The interwar years : toward a darker morality -- Post-world War II : reality, conspiracy, and plot development -- The Cold War era : refinement of the genre -- Beyond the Berlin Wall : variations on the theme. |
| Summary |
Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction takes the reader behind the fiction and explores the real-world political, military, and diplomatic events that have consistently and significantly threaded their way through the fabric of the genre. Against this historical timeline, it examines how numerous authors including Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, and John le Carré have engaged reality in order to write the espionage novels that have become literary classics and, in selected cases, have also served to alter the course of government policy. --From publisher's description. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Spy stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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World politics in literature.
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Espionage in literature.
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Spies in literature.
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Spy stories, English.
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Politics and literature.
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Spy stories, American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Espionage in literature. (OCoLC)fst00915386
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Politics and literature. (OCoLC)fst01069960
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Spies in literature. (OCoLC)fst01129780
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Spy stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01131041
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Spy stories, English. (OCoLC)fst01131046
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World politics in literature. (OCoLC)fst01181412
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woods, Brett F. Neutral ground. New York : Algora Pub., ©2008 9780875865331 087586533X (DLC) 2007018848 (OCoLC)124074932 |
| ISBN |
9780875865355 (electronic bk.) |
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0875865356 (electronic bk.) |
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