EAN: 9783030038519

BRITISH INVASION AND SPY LITERATURE 1871¿1918 -...

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 looking at the origins and evolution of invasion literature  and to a lesser
extent detective literature  up to the end of World War I  Danny Laurie-Fletcher utilises
fiction as a window into the mind-set of British society. There is a focus on the political
arguments embedded within the texts  which mirrored debates in wider British society that took
place before and during World War I ¿ debates about military conscription  immigration  spy
scares  the fear of British imperial decline  and the rise of Germany. These debates and topics
are examined to show what influence they had on the creation of the intelligence services  MI5
and MI6  and how foreigners were perceived in society.

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