Alan Kirby
Biographic Data
| ID | 6738734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Kirby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirby |
| SIGNATURE | KIRBY A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
To the New Belsen
241 Sometime in the Victorian era a shift occurs in the repatriation of the idea of Europe into British literature, hitherto dominated by representations of named continental individuals interacting in foreign places. Increasingly Europe is conjured as a distinctive, beautiful, historically rich and geologically meaningful but essentially unpopulated site, into which the British will journey in order to have signifi cant experiences of their own.…
Holidays with the Hun
In this paper I explore the use made of touristic tropes by a sub-genre of British 20th century espionage/political adventure fiction. Writers such as Childers, Fleming and Forsyth are seen to have found their narratives on a deployment, or, more exactly, a détournement of many of the motifs of international tourism, such as long-haul commercial flights, stays in hotels, visits to sites of historical interest, and so on. They also set their stori…
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To the New Belsen
241 Sometime in the Victorian era a shift occurs in the repatriation of the idea of Europe into British literature, hitherto dominated by representations of named continental individuals interacting in foreign places. Increasingly Europe is conjured as a distinctive, beautiful, historically rich and geologically meaningful but essentially unpopulated site, into which the British will journey in order to have signifi cant experiences of their own.…
Holidays with the Hun
In this paper I explore the use made of touristic tropes by a sub-genre of British 20th century espionage/political adventure fiction. Writers such as Childers, Fleming and Forsyth are seen to have found their narratives on a deployment, or, more exactly, a détournement of many of the motifs of international tourism, such as long-haul commercial flights, stays in hotels, visits to sites of historical interest, and so on. They also set their stori…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Bourgeoisie (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (1 work)