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## Analyses mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppression __Espionage and Exile__ demonstrates that from the 1930s through the Cold War British writers Eric Ambler, Helen MacInnes, John le Carré, Pamela Frankau and filmmaker Leslie Howard combine propaganda and popular entertainment to call for resistance to political oppression. Their spy fictions deploy themes of deception and betrayal to warn audiences of the consequences of Nazi Germany’s conquests and later, the fusion of Fascist and Communist oppression. With politically charged suspense and compelling plots and characters, these writers challenge distinctions between villain and victim and exile and belonging by dramatising relationships between stateless refugees, British agents, and most dramatically, between the ethics of espionage and responses to international crisis. ## Key Features * The first narrative analysis of mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers demonstrating their critiques of political responses to the dangers of Fascism, Nazism, and Communism * Combines research in history and political theory with literary and film analysis * Adds interpretive complexity to understa

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Author

Lassner Phyllis Lassner

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474401111

Category

nonfiction