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The Blunt Affair
Official secrecy and treason in literature, television and film, 1980–89
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ISBN-13:
9781526148452
Veröffentl:
2020
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Jonathan Bolton
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The Blunt Affair examines a range of literary and filmic texts on the Cambridge spies and related topics – including British intelligence’s betrayal of Alan Turing, the Profumo Affair and the Portland spy case – in the context of the culture and politics of the late Cold War.
The case of the Cambridge spies has long captured the public’s attention, but perhaps never more so than in the wake of Anthony Blunt’s exposure as the fourth man in November 1979. With the Cold War intensifying, patriotism running high during the Falklands War and the AIDS crisis leading to widespread homophobia, these notorious traitors were more relevant than ever. This book explores how they were depicted in literature, television and film throughout the 1980s. Examining works by an array of distinguished writers, including Dennis Potter, Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and John le Carré, it sheds new light on the affair, asking why such privileged young men chose to betray their country, whether loyalty to one’s friends is more important than patriotism and whether we can really trust the intelligence services.
Introduction: the Blunt Affair and its impact on literature, television and film in the 1980s 1 Tradition and treason in Dennis Potter’s Blade on the Feather 2 School for scandal: Julian Mitchell’sAnother Country 3 Allegories of prudence: Alan Bennett’sSingle Spies 4 Tender comrades: friendship and treason in Robin Chapman’sOne of Us andBlunt — The Fourth Man 5 ‘Men of the middle ground’: John le Carré’sA Perfect Spy and the treachery of Kim Philby 6 The 'unsavoury' world of espionage: Tom Stoppard’sThe Dog It Was That Died 7 Secrecy, the State and the citizen: Hugh Whitemore’sPack of LiesConcealed Enemies andBreaking the Code 8 Gentlemen’s agreement:Scandal, the Profumo Affair and the end of the Cold War Conclusion: ‘getting at the darkness’: poststructuralism and naturalism in literature, television and film in the 1980s Index