British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871-1918 Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Society /

• Main Author: Laurie-Fletcher, Danny (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Civilization-History.; Literature-History and criticism.; Social history.; British literature.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Cultural History.; Literary History.; Social History.; British and Irish Literature.

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 looki...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Foreign Agents, Invaders, Government Responses and Novels: The Battle of Dorking to The Great Secret
• Chapter 3: Foreign Agents, Invaders, Empire, Government Responses and Novels
• Chapter 4: The Early War Spy Scare and 'The Hidden Hand'
• Chapter 5: The Concept of the Gentleman in British Spy Literature
• Chapter 6: The Portrayal of British Women in Wartime Occupations in British Spy Literature during World War I
• Chapter 7: 'The Most Dangerous Woman on Earth': Sexuality in British Spy Literature during World War I
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.