British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871–1918
Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Society
Authors: Laurie-Fletcher, Danny
Free Preview- Draws on literary sources to explore contemporary society during World War I
- Explores areas that have previously been neglected or marginalised in the study of invasion and spy literature
- Examines the content, audience, and reception of invasion and spy literature
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- About this book
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This book examines British invasion and spy literature and the political, social, and cultural attitudes that it expresses. This form of literature began to appear towards the end of the nineteenth century and developed into a clearly recognised form during the Edwardian period (1901-1914). By looking at the origins and evolution of invasion literature, and to a lesser extent detective literature, up to the end of World War I, Danny Laurie-Fletcher utilises fiction as a window into the mind-set of British society. There is a focus on the political arguments embedded within the texts, which mirrored debates in wider British society that took place before and during World War I – debates about military conscription, immigration, spy scares, the fear of British imperial decline, and the rise of Germany. These debates and topics are examined to show what influence they had on the creation of the intelligence services, MI5 and MI6, and how foreigners were perceived in society.
- About the authors
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Danny Laurie-Fletcher is an adjunct researcher at Flinders University, Australia.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-30
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Foreign Agents, Invaders, Government Responses, and Novels: The Battle of Dorking to The Great Secret
Pages 31-57
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Foreign Agents, Invaders, Empire, Government Responses, and Novels
Pages 59-95
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The Early War Spy Scare and ‘The Hidden Hand’
Pages 97-135
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The Concept of the Gentleman in British Spy Literature
Pages 137-166
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871–1918
- Book Subtitle
- Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Society
- Authors
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- Danny Laurie-Fletcher
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-03852-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-03852-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-03851-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 264
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