In Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930s Brian Diemert examines the first and most prolific phase of Graham Greene's career, demonstrating the close relationship between Greene's fiction and the political, economic, social, and literary contexts of the period. Situating Greene alongside other young writers who responded to the worsening political climate of the 1930s by promoting social and political reform, Diemert argues that Greene believed literature could not be divorced from its social and political milieu and saw popular forms of writing as the best way to inform a wide audience.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 823/.912
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- 21
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773566170 0773514325
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- PR6013.R44
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- Z6322 1996eb
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- 1 electronic text (viii, 237 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Abbreviations 10
- 1 Graham Greene and the 1930s 14
- 2 Exploring the Popular in Two Early Novels: Stamboul Train and England Made Me 58
- 3 Aspects of Detective Fiction 73
- 4 Approaches to the Thriller in Greene's Early Work: Rumour at Nightfall and It's a Battlefield 109
- 5 Thrillers of the 1930s: A Gun for Sale, Brighton Rock, and The Confidential Agent 127
- 6 The Ministry of Fear 162
- 7 The End of This Affair: Summing Up 190
- Notes 194
- Bibliography 222
- Index 242
- A 242
- B 242
- C 243
- D 243
- E 244
- F 244
- G 244
- H 245
- I 245
- J 245
- K 245
- L 245
- M 245
- N 246
- O 246
- P 246
- Q 247
- R 247
- S 247
- T 247
- U 247
- V 247
- W 248
- Y 248