Item #164530 THE SPY STORY. John G. Cawelti, Bruce A. Rosenberg.

THE SPY STORY.

Pp. x+260(last blank), appendix, guide to the spy story, references, index; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black, dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly soiled and faintly foxed; The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1987. First edition. *'Explores the social, political, and artistic sources of the secret agent's wide appeal .... from his earliest appearance as a clear-cut hero pitted against unmistakable evil to his more recent characterization as a confused innocent caught up in a morally ambiguous enterprise' [wrapper blurb]. Includes chapters on the works of John Buchan, Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, Ian Fleming, John le Carre, a.o. Item #164530

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