1. Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction
- Author
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Brett F. Woods and Brett F. Woods
- Subjects
- World politics in literature, Espionage in literature, Spies in literature, Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century, Spy stories, English--History and criticism, Spy stories, American--History and criticism, Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century
- Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2008