Intrigue: Espionage and Culture

352 Pages·2005·1.39 MB·English

by  Allan Hepburn

intrigue

allan hepburn
Intrigue
espionage and culture
yale university press new haven & london
Copyright © 2005 by Allan Hepburn.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hepburn, Allan.
Intrigue : espionage and culture / Allan Hepburn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-300-10498-7 (alk. paper)
1. Spy stories, English—History and criticism. 2. American fiction—20th century—
History and criticism. 3. English fiction—20th century—History and criticism.
4. Spy stories, American—History and criticism. 5. Espionage, American—History—
20th century. 6. Espionage, British—History—20th century. 7. Spy films—History
and criticism. 8. Espionage in literature. 9. Spies in literature. I. Title.
PR888.S65H47 2004
823′.087209091—dc22
2004015680
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Com-
mittee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Audrey Hepburn, 1932–2002

contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
part one: on being thrilled
1 Spies: A Theory of Intrigue 3
2 Thrills:Fear and Catharsis as Ideological E¤ects 24
3 Codes:Self-Evident Meaning in Narratives of Intrigue 49
part two: fronts
4 Ghosts: Illegitimacy and Commitment in Under Western
Eyes 81
5 Sewers: Fantasies of Death and Disgust in The Third Man 110
6 Collaborations: Love and War in The Heat of the Day 134
viii contents
7 Walls: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold as Allegory 166
8 Leaks: Fighting the Queer Cold War in The Untouchable 187
part three: how big the world
9 Disappearances: Missing Bodies in Sabbatical 231
10 Democracy: The Death of a Spy 254
11 Conclusion: Little Rooms 276
Notes 289
Works Cited 303
Index 323