{"product_id":"espionage-in-british-fiction-and-film-since-1900-9781498504836","title":"Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEspionage in British Fiction and Film Since 1900 traces the history and development of the British spy novel from its emergence in the early twentieth century, through its growth as a popular genre during the Cold War, to its resurgence in the early twenty-first century. Using an innovative structure, the chapters focus on specific categories of fictional spying (such as the accidental spy or the professional) and identify each type with a vital period in the evolution of the spy novel and film. A central section of the book considers how, with the creation of James Bond by Ian Fleming in the 1950s, the professional spy was launched on a new career of global popularity, enhanced by the Bond film franchise. In the realm of fiction, a glance at the fiction bestseller list will reveal the continuing appeal of novelists such as John le Carré, Frederick Forsyth, Charles Cumming, Stella Rimington, Daniel Silva, Alec Berenson, Christopher Reichto name but a fewand illustrates the continued fa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuckton has written a comprehensive historical and thematic study of the rise and development of what he terms 'spy fiction.' As he points out in the introduction, such fictions have always responded to temporal political and cultural currents and have 'consistently played a role in imagining, describing, elaborating, and indeed defining the identity of the ‘other’—the foremost ‘enemy’ and national rival'.... Buckton considers nearly all the most celebrated authors of the genre—Joseph Conrad, William Le Queux, Eric Ambler, John Buchan, Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, John le Carré, and Stella Rimington, to name just a few. Directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, and Carol Reed are also discussed. The book's nine chapters chart the development of the amateur spy, the professional operative, the Cold War warriors, and the Soviet threat and fall of the Berlin Wall. One of the most provocative chapters is the last, 'Reinventing the Spy Story after the Cold War,' in which Buckton considers the absence of specific enemy states and the increased reliance on faceless technology to gather information and exact retribution. The book is thoroughly researched, well written, and judicious in its assessments. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eOliver S. Buckton’s Espionage in British Fiction and Film since 1900 is an ambitious and comprehensive analysis of the most significant spy novels and movies of the last century. . . . Buckton and Lassner [author of Espionage and Exile: Fascism and Anti-fascism in British Spy Fiction and Film] each make important contributions to our understanding of how spy fiction not only depicts the “enemy” but also productively intervenes in political discourse. . . If spy fiction in the post-Cold War era has, as Buckton discusses at the end of his book, evolved to take on the threat posed by international terrorism, perhaps its future lies in its potential to counter the menace of a resurgent authoritarianism at home. * Twentieth-Century Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  Part One: From Empire to World Wars, 1900-1945 Chapter One: The Changing Enemy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Two: The Accidental Spy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Three: The Spy Who Knew Too Much\t\t\t\t\t\t  Part Two: The Cold War Era, 1945-1990 Chapter Four: Licensing the Professional Spy: James Bond\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Five: The Post-Bond Cold Warriors \t\t\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Six: The Double Agent in Fact and Fiction\t\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Seven: The Spy Villain\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Chapter Eight: The Spymaster\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  Part Three: After the Cold War, 1990 to the Present Chapter Nine: Reinventing the Spy Story After the Cold War\t\t\t\t  Conclusion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Bibliography","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040627786071,"sku":"9781498504836","price":42.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498504836.jpg?v=1750947319","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/espionage-in-british-fiction-and-film-since-1900-9781498504836","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}