Plots and Plotters
Double Agents and Villains in Spy Fictions
Published on 30. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-88-6977-031-9 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this collection of essays is to explore "negative characters" in espionnage narratives of some of the most esteemed English writers, such as Conrad, Maugham, Ambler, Greene, Fleming, MacEwan, among others. The role of women will be analysed, in particular with the figure of Mata Hari, so as to provide a gender perspective on women as villains and /or double agents. The relationship between literature and film studies will also be considered in a comparative approach.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
MI
Italy
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-88-6977-031-9 (9788869770319)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Carmen Concilio is Associate Professor of English and Postcolonial Literature at the University of Turin. Her research fields include British Modernism, Postcolonial and Environmental Studies. Her most recent publications include, as editor and author, Plots and Plotters (Milan: Mimesis International, 2015); New Critical Patterns in Postcolonial Discourse. Historical Traumas and Environmental Issues (2012). She has also co-edited (with R. Bromley, P. Deandrea) Engaging Wor(l)ds in Postcolonial Studies: Human Rights, Environmental Humanities and Well-being, Ricognizioni, vol. 3, n. 5 (2016); (with R. J. Lane) Image Technologies in Canadian Literature: Narrative, Photography and Film (Brussels: Peter Lang, 2009).