Double agents : espionage, literature, and liminal citizens /
Why were white bourgeois gay male writers so interested in spies, espionage, and treason in the twentieth century? Erin G. Carlston believes such figures and themes were critical to exploring citizenship and its limits, requirements, and possibilities in the modern Western state. Through close readi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Why were white bourgeois gay male writers so interested in spies, espionage, and treason in the twentieth century? Erin G. Carlston believes such figures and themes were critical to exploring citizenship and its limits, requirements, and possibilities in the modern Western state. Through close readings of Marcel Proust's novels, W. H. Auden's poetry, and Tony Kushner's play Angels in America, which all reference real-life espionage cases involving Jews, homosexuals, or Communists, Carlston connects gay men's fascination with spying to larger debates about the making and contestation of ... |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231510097 0231510098 |