John le Carré and the Cold War

AvToby Manning

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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John le Carré and the Cold War explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carré’s major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carré this century, this book analyses his work in light of key topics in 20th-century history, including containment of Communism, decolonization, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Cambridge spy-ring, the Vietnam War, the 70s oil crisis and Thatcherism.Examining The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley’s People (1979) and other novels, this book offers an illuminating picture of Cold-War Britain, while situating le Carré’s work alongside that of George Orwell, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming. Providing a valuable contribution to contemporary understandings of both British spy fiction and post-war fiction, Toby Manning challenges the critical consensus to reveal a considerably less radical writer than is conventionally presented.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-01-25
Mått:154 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350036390

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Toby Manning has taught at Queen Mary University, Brunel University and the University of Birmingham, UK. A former journalist, he is also the author of The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (2006).

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An analysis inspired by venerated figures of 20th-century Marxist literary criticism. This reappraisal of the popular novelist’s oeuvre incorporates a fan’s enthusiasm with the literary scholar’s eye for ideological complexity. Summing Up: Recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroduction: ‘A Nation’s Political Health’The enemyThe stateThe nationCold-War consensus to critical consensusChapter 1. 'Murderers and Spies': The Communist Threat and Call for the Dead ‘Mass philosophy’: The Cold-War enemy 'A symbol of nothing at all': The British state ‘Deep love of England’: Imagining the nation‘Who was then the gentleman?’: Nation, state and enemy Chapter 2. ‘Breeze Blocks and Barbed Wire’: The Berlin Wall and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'Party Terms': The communist enemy ‘Not quite a gentleman’: Leamas and the classless British nation'We are defensive': English empiricism, ideology and the British stateChapter 3. ‘Looking at His Own Reflection’: The Establishment and The Looking Glass War'A sort of Cuba situation': Reflections of the enemy'Government hirings': The Department, the Circus and the British state‘The mystery of England’: The nation and class Chapter 4. ‘Holding the World Together’: The Cambridge Spies and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy‘The imminent collapse of the nation’: England and the establishment ‘Russians taken over the government’: The infiltrated British state‘Fanaticism’ and ‘mindless treason’: Enemy characterization ‘Haydon’s crooked deathmask’: State, nation and enemy Chapter 5. ‘All One Vanishing World’: The Honourable Schoolboy, Colonialism and Communism‘Her colonial grip’: Britain, the Empire and the special relationship‘A spreading plague’: Communism and Southeast AsiaChapter 6. 'Only People': Humanism, Populism, the Second Cold War and Smiley’s People'Deniable blessing': Smiley and the British state'British to the core': Smiley's tour of the nation'The danger is absolute”: Karla and communism 'Half-angels' and 'half-devils': Smiley, Karla and the Cold WarConclusion: ‘Man, Not the Mass’The enemyThe stateThe nationAppendix I: Plot SynopsesBibliographyIndex