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British writers and MI5 surveillance, 1930-1960
- Title
- British writers and MI5 surveillance, 1930-1960 / James Smith.
- Author
- Smith, James, 1981-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xx, 206 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The book explores records that MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, maintained on influential left-wing writers from 1930 to 1960"--
- Subjects
- English literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Intelligence service in literature
- Great Britain > MI5 > History > 20th century
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Espionage, British > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-198) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Intellectual and intelligence contexts, 1930-60; 2. The Auden circle; 3. Ewan MacColl, Joan Littlewood, and Theatre Workshop; 4. Arthur Koestler and George Orwell; Epilogue; Notes.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-3939
- ISBN
- 9781107030824 (hardback)
- 110703082X (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2012023428
- OCLC
- 796001956
- Author
- Smith, James, 1981-
- Title
- British writers and MI5 surveillance, 1930-1960 / James Smith.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-198) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-3939