British Invasion And Spy Literature 1871 1918

Author : Danny Laurie-Fletcher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : British literature
ISBN : 303003853X

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British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871-1918 by Danny Laurie-Fletcher Pdf

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.

Author : Danny Laurie-Fletcher
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030038526

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British Invasion and Spy Literature, 1871–1918 by Danny Laurie-Fletcher Pdf

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.

Author : Peijie Mao
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498544795

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Popular Magazines and Fiction in Shanghai, 1914–1925 by Peijie Mao Pdf

This book explores the rise of Shanghai-based popular magazines produced by the “Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School” in early twentieth-century China. It examines the national, gender, family, and social imaginaries constructed and negotiated through a complex network of relationships between popular writers, magazine editors, and their intended readers, which were represented in various forms of popular narratives, including patriotic stories, war/military stories, family narratives, domestic fiction, utopian writings, and industrial-business stories. The author argues that the national imagination, social ideals, and the notions of ideal womanhood and the new family, were intrinsically linked and integral to the search for cultural identity of the emerging Chinese “middle society” and an expression of their collective sensibilities, experiences, and aspirations. This book suggests that the cultural imaginaries configurated in these magazine stories articulated a shared quest for modernity, one that emphasized sentiment, quotidian experience, the pursuit of the modern family and individual success, strengthening of the nation, and the reinvention of cultural tradition. Popular magazines and fiction, therefore, became uniquely instrumental in catalyzing the process of Chinese modernity, which emerged and developed along the symbiotic interrelations between the private and the public, the traditional and the modern, and the real and the imaginary.

Author : Andrew Maunder,Angela K Smith,Jane Potter,Trudi Tate
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351222211

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British Literature of World War I, Volume 3 by Andrew Maunder,Angela K Smith,Jane Potter,Trudi Tate Pdf

Given the popular and scholarly interest in the First World War it is surprising how little contemporary literary work is available. This five-volume reset edition aims to redress this balance, making available an extensive collection of newly-edited short stories, novels and plays from 1914–19.

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1474539068

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THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND 1897 by William Le Queux Pdf

Le Queux's work is an early example of Invasion literature genre, which began with The Battle of Dorking in 1871, where the British are soundly defeated by an invading German army. Le Queux's novel depicts Britain being invaded by coalition forces led by France and Russia, who make several early advances, but the brave English patriots fight on and eventually manage to turn the tide, especially after Germany enters the war on the side of the British. By the end of the story, the invasion goes the other way as the victors divide the spoils: Britain seizes Algeria and Russian Central Asia, thus decisively winning The Great Game, and Germany annexes more of mainland France in addition to Alsace-Lorraine, thus leaving the enemies crushed and both the British and German empires the dominant forces of Europe. From a historical perspective, the book is interesting in depicting the precise reverse of the alliances of the actual World War I which broke out two decades after its publication: France and Russia, which were to become Britain's World War I allies, are depicted as its implacable cruel foes, while Imperial Germany is the gallant ally coming to Britain's aid at the nick of time. As evidenced by the book's great popularity, the scenario of such an alliance seemed plausible to the British public in 1894; only four years later, Britain and France were indeed on the verge of war during the Fashoda Incident, an international event and the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa.

Author : T. Boghardt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230508422

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Spies of the Kaiser by T. Boghardt Pdf

Spies of the Kaiser examines the scope and objectives of German covert operations in Great Britain before and during the First World War. It assesses the effect of German espionage on Anglo-German relations and discusses the extent to which the fear of German espionage in the United Kingdom shaped the British intelligence community in the early Twentieth-century. The study is based on original archival material, including hitherto unexploited German records and recently declassified British documents.

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0665867611

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Spies of the Kaiser [microform] : Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux Pdf

Author : Hamil Grant
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781528792134

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Spies and Secret Service - The Story of Espionage, Its Main Systems and Chief Exponents by Hamil Grant Pdf

“Spies and Secret Service” is a 1915 work by Hamil Grant that explores the world of spying and espionage, examining its history and inner workings with a particular focus on nineteenth century Europe. Offering a fascinating insight into the secretive organisations of various countries, this volume is not to be missed by those with a keen interest in the exciting field of espionage and its most notable historical figures. Contents include: “The Ethos of the Spy”, “The Spy Through the Ages”, “Le Caron”, “Schulmeister”, “Nathan Hale”, “Mack and the Molly Maguires”, “Major André”, “British Secret Service”, “French Secret Service”, “German Secret Service”, “German Secret Service—Continued”, etc. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic work now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on espionage in the First World War.

Author : William Le Queux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542913039

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The Great War in England In 1897 by William Le Queux Pdf

William Le Queux was a British writer and diplomat. Le Queux wrote books in a variety of genres including war fiction, mysteries, thrillers, and espionage. Much of Le Queux's work centered around World War I.The Great War in England in 1897 is a novel that was published in 1894. The book is one of the earliest examples of invasion literature. The action in the story depicts Britain being invaded by coalition forced led by France and Russia.

Author : George Chesney
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547310334

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The Battle of Dorking by George Chesney Pdf

The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Excerpt: "You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us, in England, it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings if we had only made use of them."

Author : Peter Liddle
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473878365

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Britain Goes to War by Peter Liddle Pdf

The First World War had a profound impact on British society and on British relations with continental Europe, the Dominions, the United States and the emerging Soviet Union. The pre-war world was transformed, and the world that we recognize today began to take shape. That is why, 100 years after the outbreak, the time is right for this collection of thought-provoking chapters that reassesses why Britain went to war and the preparations made by the armed forces, the government and the nation at large for the unprecedented conflict that ensued.A group of distinguished historians looks back, with the clarity of a modern perspective, at the issues that were critical to Britain's war effort as the nation embarked on the most intense and damaging struggle in its history. In a series of penetrating chapters they explore the reasons for Britain going to war, the official preparations, the public reaction, the readiness of the armed forces, internment, the impact of the opening campaign, the experience of the soldiers, recruitment, training, weaponry, the political implications, and the care of the wounded.

Author : Alfred William Brian Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198259497

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In the Highest Degree Odious by Alfred William Brian Simpson Pdf

During the Second World War, just under 2000 British citizens were detained without charge, trial or term set, under Regulation 18B of the wartime Defence Regulations. This book provides a comprehensive study of Regulation 18B and its precursor in the First World War, Regulation 14B.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004264571

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World War I and Propaganda by Anonim Pdf

World War I and Propaganda offers a new look at a familiar subject. The contributions to this volume demonstrate that the traditional view of propaganda as top-down manipulation is no longer plausible. Drawing from a variety of sources, scholars examine the complex negotiations involved in propaganda within the British Empire, in occupied territories, in neutral nations, and how war should be conducted. Propaganda was tailored to meet local circumstances and integrated into a larger narrative in which the war was not always the most important issue. Issues centering on local politics, national identity, preservation of tradition, or hopes of a brighter future all played a role in different forms of propaganda. Contributors are Christopher Barthel, Donata Blobaum, Robert Blobaum, Mourad Djebabla, Christopher Fischer, Andrew T. Jarboe, Elli Lemonidou, David Monger, Javier Pounce,Catriona Pennell, Anne Samson, Richard Smith, Kenneth Andrew Steuer, María Inés Tato, and Lisa Todd.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015021468338

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The Times Literary Supplement Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Books
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124517959

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The Times Literary Supplement Index, 1902-1939 by Anonim Pdf