Narratives Under Attack: Outrage and Reaction in Early 20th Century Espionage Novels

In the early 20th century, the figure of the anarchist, the enemy within, was very present in crime literature as well as in the newspapers. In The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), Chesterton challenged the traditional stereotypes about anarchists and policemen, undermining the current beliefs in the an...

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Main Author: Élodie Raimbault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2013-10-01
Series:Études Britanniques Contemporaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/619