The blunt affair : official secrecy and treason in literature, television and film, 1980-89

__The Blunt Affair__ examines a range of literary and filmic texts on the Cambridge spies and related topics – including British intelligence’s betrayal of Alan Turing, the Profumo Affair and the Portland spy case – in the context of the culture and politics of the late Cold War. Front matter Contents List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: The Blunt Affair and its impact on literature, television and film in the 1980s Tradition and treason in Dennis Potter’s Blade on the Feather School for scandal: Julian Mitchell’s Another Country Allegories of prudence: Alan Bennett’s Single Spies Tender comrades: friendship and treason in Robin Chapman’s One of Us and Blunt: The Fourth Man ‘Men of the middle ground’: John le Carré’s A Perfect Spy and the treachery of Kim Philby The “unsavoury” world of espionage: Tom Stoppard’s The Dog It Was That Died Secrecy, the state and the citizen: Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of Lies, Concealed Enemies and Breaking the Code Gentlemen’s agreement: Scandal, the Profumo Affair, and the end of the Cold War Conclusion: “Getting at the darkness”: poststructuralism and naturalism in literature, television and film in the 1980s Bibliography Index The Blunt Affair examines a range of literary and filmic texts on the Cambridge spies and related topics – including British intelligence’s betrayal of Alan Turing, the Profumo Affair and the Portland spy case – in the context of the culture and politics of the late Cold War. -- .