Dr. Martin Griffin
Book Details
Title
Espionage and Exile: Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Spy Fiction and Film
Author
Award Year
ISBN
9781474401104
Honoree Information
Dr. Martin Griffin
Position
Professor
Department
English
Occasion
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Martin Griffin's promotion to Professor.
Why Chosen
Phyllis Lassner's compelling study of the role that novels and films played in the antifascist struggles of the 1930s and 1940s and into the early Cold War years was an inspiration for my own book, Reading Espionage Fiction (2024). Espionage and Exile shows in a masterful way how valuable the study of popular literature can be, both for understanding an historical era and for drawing new attention to often forgotten works of fiction.