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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Britton, Wesley A. (Wesley Alan) Spy television. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004 (OCoLC)647412899 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wesley A Britton |
| ISBN: | 0275981630 9780275981631 |
| OCLC Number: | 52418294 |
| Description: | viii, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Defining a genre -- The roots of a family tree : 1900 to 1961 -- Bond, Beatles, and camp : the men from U.N.C.L.E. -- More British than Bond : John Steed, The avengers, and feminist role-playing -- Cold War sports and games : I spy and racial politics -- The Cold War and existential fables : Danger man, Secret agent, and The prisoner -- The page and the screen : The saint and Robin Hood spies -- Interchangeable parts : missions: impossible -- James Bond on the prairie : from The wild wild West to the Secret adventures of Jules Verne -- From tongues in cheek to tongues sticking out : Get smart and the spoofing of a genre -- Also-rans and new branches : network secret agents from 1963 to 1980 -- Reagan, le Carré, Clancy, cynicism, and cable : down to Earth in the 1980s and 1990s -- The return of fantasy and the dark nights of spies : The x-files, La femme Nikita, and the new millennium -- Active and inactive files : Alias, 24, The agency, and twenty-first-century spies -- Conclusion : the past, present, and future of TV espionage : why spies? |
| Series Title: | Praeger television collection. |
| Responsibility: | Wesley Britton. |
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<p>"Here, for all television addicts, is a much-needed, long-overdue, in-depth exploration of one of the mediuM's more enduring genres: spy TV....All of the classic series are discussed in considerable detail, but what makes the book such a resounding success for fans of the genre is the coverage of the forgotten show or the curious fact, stuff other books miss but devotees love....Britton's broad knowledge and his commitment to packing as much detail as possible into his book, that makes "Spy Television" an indispensable addition to any television buff's reference shelf. If you love spy TV, this book is, well...thrilling." - <p>Booklist, Starred Review Read more...
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