149 records matched your query       

Author:

Melley, Timothy, 1963-

Title:

The covert sphere : secrecy, fiction, and the national security state / Timothy Melley.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 289 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Spy stories, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Espionage in literature.
Terrorism in literature.
Secrecy in literature.
World politics in literature.
Literature and history--United States.
National security--Social aspects--United States.
Popular culture--History--United States--History--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--History--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-277) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The postmodern public sphere -- 1. Brainwashed! -- 2. Spectacles of secrecy -- 3. False documents -- 4. The work of art in the age of plausible deniability -- 5. Postmodern amnesia -- 6. The geopolitical melodrama.

ISBN:

0801478537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801478536 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080145123X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801451232 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794706433

LCCN:

2012026271

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)