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Spy Culture and the Making of the Modern Intelligence Agency: from Richard Hannay to James Bond to Drone Warfare By
Spy Culture and the Making of the Modern Intelligence Agency: From Richard Hannay to James Bond to Drone Warfare by Matthew A. Bellamy A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Language and Literature) in the University of Michigan 2018 Dissertation Committee: Associate Professor Susan Najita, Chair Professor Daniel Hack Professor Mika Lavaque-Manty Associate Professor Andrea Zemgulys Matthew A. Bellamy [email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6914-8116 © Matthew A. Bellamy 2018 DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to all my students, from those in Jacksonville, Florida to those in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is also dedicated to the friends and mentors who have been with me over the seven years of my graduate career. Especially to Charity and Charisse. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication ii List of Figures v Abstract vi Chapter 1 Introduction: Espionage as the Loss of Agency 1 Methodology; or, Why Study Spy Fiction? 3 A Brief Overview of the Entwined Histories of Espionage as a Practice and Espionage as a Cultural Product 20 Chapter Outline: Chapters 2 and 3 31 Chapter Outline: Chapters 4, 5 and 6 40 Chapter 2 The Spy Agency as a Discursive Formation, Part 1: Conspiracy, Bureaucracy and the Espionage Mindset 52 The SPECTRE of the Many-Headed HYDRA: Conspiracy and the Public’s Experience of Spy Agencies 64 Writing in the Machine: Bureaucracy and Espionage 86 Chapter 3: The Spy Agency as a Discursive Formation, Part 2: Cruelty and Technophilia -
Science Fiction Review 37
SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW $2.00 WINTER 1980 NUMBER 37 SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (ISSN: 0036-8377) Formerly THE ALIEN CRITZ® P.O. BOX 11408 NOVEMBER 1980 — VOL.9, NO .4 PORTLAND, OR 97211 WHOLE NUMBER 37 PHONE: (503) 282-0381 RICHARD E. GEIS, editor & publisher PAULETTE MINARE', ASSOCIATE EDITOR PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FEB., MAY, AUG., NOV. SINGLE COPY — $2.00 COVER BY STEPHEN FABIAN SHORT FICTION REVIEWS "PET" ANALOG—PATRICIA MATHEWS.40 ASIMOV'S-ROBERT SABELLA.42 F8SF-RUSSELL ENGEBRETSON.43 ALIEN THOUGHTS DESTINIES-PATRICIA MATHEWS.44 GALAXY-JAFtS J.J, WILSON.44 REVIEWS- BY THE EDITOR.A OTT4I-MARGANA B. ROLAIN.45 PLAYBOY-H.H. EDWARD FORGIE.47 BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS. THE MAN WITH THE COSMIC ORIGINAL ANTHOLOGIES —DAVID A. , _ TTE HUNTER..... TRUESDALE...47 ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. TRIGGERFINGER—an interview with JUST YOU AND Ft, KID. ROBERT ANTON WILSON SMALL PRESS NOTES THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN. CONDUCTED BY NEAL WILGUS.. .6 BY THE EDITOR.49 THE CHILDREN. THE ORPHAN. ZOMBIE. AND THEN I SAW.... LETTERS.51 THE HILLS HAVE EYES. BY THE EDITOR.10 FROM BUZZ DIXON THE OCTOGON. TOM STAICAR THE BIG BRAWL. MARK J. MCGARRY INTERFACES. "WE'RE COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW" ORSON SCOTT CARD THE EDGE OF RUNNING WATER. ELTON T. ELLIOTT SF WRITER S WORKSHOP I. LETTER, INTRODUCTION AND STORY NEVILLE J. ANGOVE BY BARRY N. MALZBERG.12 AN HOUR WITH HARLAN ELLISON.... JOHN SHIRLEY AN HOUR WITH ISAAC ASIMOV. ROBERT BLOCH CITY.. GENE WOLFE TIC DEAD ZONE. THE VIVISECTOR CHARLES R. SAUNDERS BY DARRELL SCHWEITZER.15 FRANK FRAZETTA, BOOK FOUR.24 ALEXIS GILLILAND Tl-E LAST IMMORTAL.24 ROBERT A.W, LOWNDES DARK IS THE SUN.24 LARRY NIVEN TFC MAN IN THE DARKSUIT.24 INSIDE THE WHALE RONALD R. -
An Examination of Conspiracy and Terror in the Works of Don Delillo
Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Theses Department of English Spring 5-7-2011 For the Future: An Examination of Conspiracy and Terror in the Works of Don Delillo Ashleigh Whelan Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_theses Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Whelan, Ashleigh, "For the Future: An Examination of Conspiracy and Terror in the Works of Don Delillo." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_theses/104 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of English at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FOR THE FUTURE: AN EXAMINATION OF CONSPIRACY AND TERROR IN THE WORKS OF DON DELILLO by ASHLEIGH WHELAN Under the Direction of Dr. Christopher Kocela ABSTRACT This thesis is divided into two chapters, the first being an examination of conspiracy and paranoia in Libra, while the second focuses on the relationship between art and terror in Mao II, “In the Ruins of the Future,” Falling Man, and Point Omega. The study traces how DeLillo’s works have evolved over the years, focusing on the creation of counternarratives. Readers are given a glimpse of American culture and shown the power of narrative, ultimately shedding light on the future of our collective consciousness. INDEX -
Trust No Truth: an Analysis of the Visual Translation Styles in the Conspiracy Film
Trust no truth: an analysis of the visual translation styles in the conspiracy film Carl Stemmet 26423465 A Mini-Dissertation in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MA Drama Performance In the Faculty of Humanities School of Arts Department of Drama University of Pretoria Study Leader: Mr Chris Broodryk June 2011 © University of Pretoria Summary This study investigates the manner in which cinematic visual translation styles can be used to incorporate dominant and subversive historical versions in fictional narratives constructed within the conspiracy film genre. Fictional characters in a conspiracy film are often tasked with a mission to discover the alternative historical accounts, accounts which for all intents and purposes are regularly kept hidden from the public eye. These accounts are presented as a plausible and often unconventional narrative which challenges the dominant version of events. A visual translation style is a term used to describe the various methods in which a film can be shot and edited in order to create a specific aesthetic and communicate a specific idea. These styles can consist of camera movements, shot sizes or editing techniques, all of which aid in communicating a specific idea in a film. This study analyses the conventions of the conspiracy film, with regard to the manner in which the alternative and dominant versions of historical accounts are constructed. Furthermore, the study explores how these alternative and hegemonic historical events are presented and communicated through the use of visual translation styles. Theorists such as Jean Baudrillard and David Bordwell are referenced when discussing the meaning and application of terms such as “truth”, “narrative” and “history” and to problematise these notions in the context of this particular genre. -
Wilson, Robert Anton Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) Was An
D. G. Robertson, “Wilson, Robert Anton” Forthcoming in: E. Asprem (ed.), Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism Preprint manuscript of: D. G. Robertson, “Wilson, Robert Anton”, Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism (ed. E. Asprem), Leiden: Brill. Archived at ContERN Repository for Self-Archiving (CRESARCH) https://contern.org/cresarch/cresarch-repository/ Feb. 5, 2019. Wilson, Robert Anton Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) was an American writer, known for the Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975, co-written with Robert Shea) and the autobiographical Cosmic Trigger (1977). He had a considerable influence upon the popularisation of “invented” religions, conspiracy theories, and Chaos Magick. Wilson was involved in early Discordianism, a satirical religion invented in 1957 by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, two Californian high school friends. It was based upon light-hearted worship of Eris, the Goddess of Chaos, and the philosophical position that all order is illusory, and salvation lies in embracing chaos and silliness. Discordianism developed largely through correspondence with a slowly expanding circle of smart, young, (mostly) white, male atheists, including Wilson. The material developed was compiled by Hill and published as the Principia Discordia in 1969. Wilson’s contributions included some conspiracist material on the Bavarian Illuminati, references to writers HP Lovecraft and James Joyce, and the “23 Enigma”, which states that once you are aware of it, you will start to see the number twenty-three everywhere. Discordianism provided many of the characters and themes of Illuminatus!, which Wilson was writing at the time with Robert Shea. While working as associate editors for Playboy, the two became fascinated by the many letters the magazine received spinning elaborate conspiratorial narratives concerning the Illuminati, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Vatican and the Kennedys. -
Tion of Don Delillo
ORBIT-OnlineRepository ofBirkbeckInstitutionalTheses Enabling Open Access to Birkbeck’s Research Degree output Delirious USA: the representation of capital in the fic- tion of Don DeLillo https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/40479/ Version: Full Version Citation: Travers, Thomas William Lynn (2020) Delirious USA: the repre- sentation of capital in the fiction of Don DeLillo. [Thesis] (Unpublished) c 2020 The Author(s) All material available through ORBIT is protected by intellectual property law, including copy- right law. Any use made of the contents should comply with the relevant law. Deposit Guide Contact: email Birkbeck, University of London Delirious USA: The Representation of Capital in the Fiction of Don DeLillo Thomas William Lynn Travers Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2019 1 Declaration I, Thomas William Lynn Travers, declare that this thesis is my own work. Where I have drawn upon the work of other researchers, this has been fully acknowledged. 2 Abstract In this thesis I offer a new reading of Don DeLillo’s fiction through an engagement with contemporary Marxist literary theory and political economy. Beginning in the 1960s, the thesis traces the launch, expansion, and shattering of DeLillo’s narrative apparatus as it recomposes itself across the genres of the short story, the conspiratorial thriller, the historical novel, and the novel of time. Developing on theories of the novel as a capitalist epic, the thesis takes the insistent appearance of surplus populations in DeLillo’s work as an opportunity to reflect on, but also to revise and reconceptualise, Marxist accounts of the novel and its philosophy of history. -
The Writer As Map Maker
THE WRITER AS MAP MAKER VOLUME ONE: THE JOURNEYMAN YEARS BEN CRISP Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing Discipline of English and Creative Writing School of the Humanities The University of Adelaide JULY 2014 Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................... 2 Abstract ................................................................................................................... 4 Declaration .............................................................................................................. 5 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................. 6 Chapter One – The Paradoxical Compass ............................................................... 7 Chapter Two – The Parallel Postulate ................................................................... 15 Chapter Three – The Tower of Babel .................................................................... 22 Chapter Four – The Family of Love...................................................................... 28 Chapter Five – The Mirror of Righteousness ........................................................ 36 Chapter Six – The Danse Macabre ........................................................................ 45 Chapter Seven – The Key of David ...................................................................... 54 Chapter Eight – The Devil’s Bridge ..................................................................... -
Don't Let the Future Pass You by Iterative Dystopias On
DON’T LET THE FUTURE PASS YOU BY ITERATIVE DYSTOPIAS ON THE POSTMILLENNIAL SCREEN Blythe Victoria Chandler Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy December 2015 School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne Produced on archival quality paper ABSTRACT In the decade 2001-2010, films which presented spectacular futures dominated the box office. In contrast, Code 46 (2003), 2046 (2004) and Inception (2010) conceived immediately recognisable tomorrows, pessimistic futures firmly rooted in the socio- historical present. Despite their divergent production backgrounds, differing story arcs and disparate aesthetics, this thesis contends that these texts are key, early examples of a new subcycle of films it titles Iterative Dystopia. Using a social science fiction criticism methodology, this thesis conducts an interdisciplinary investigation which draws on science fiction genre analysis, dystopian narrative theory and contemporary sociological concepts to define the formal characteristics of the collection and offers fresh readings of the texts. This thesis finds that Iterative Dystopias are defined by the theme of perpetual liminality, an original concept developed following the work of sociologist Arpad Szakolczai. Iterative Dystopia’s perpetually liminal protagonists trace iterative paths across their narrative arcs, searching for an alternative to the continuous transitions of lives lived in this in-between state. Their goal is personal. They just want a place to call home. In direct contrast to the conventional dystopian protagonist, these characters are seeking their utopia within the familiar. These characters are, however, thwarted in their attempts to find a sense of belonging. Through a close textual analysis, this thesis explores three of the narrative environments in which these characters conduct their quotidian existence: the home, the relationship and the mind; and establishes that Iterative Dystopia’s protagonists are frustrated by paradoxes. -
“Harry – Yer a Wizard” Exploring J
Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag Reihe Anglistik Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag Reihe Anglistik Band 6 Marion Gymnich | Hanne Birk | Denise Burkhard (Eds.) “Harry – yer a wizard” Exploring J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Universe Tectum Verlag Marion Gymnich, Hanne Birk and Denise Burkhard (Eds.) “Harry – yer a wizard” Exploring J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Universe Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus demT ectum Verlag, Reihe: Anglistik; Bd. 6 © Tectum Verlag – ein Verlag in der Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2017 ISBN: 978-3-8288-6751-2 (Dieser Titel ist zugleich als gedrucktes Werk unter der ISBN 978-3-8288-4035-5 und als ePub unter der ISBN 978-3-8288-6752-9 im Tectum Verlag erschienen.) ISSN: 1861-6859 Umschlaggestaltung: Tectum Verlag, unter Verwendung zweier Fotografien von Schleiereule Merlin und Janna Weinsch, aufgenommen in der Falknerei Pierre Schmidt (Erftstadt/Gymnicher Mühle) | © Denise Burkhard Informationen zum Verlagsprogramm finden Sie unter www.tectum-verlag.de Bibliografische Informationen der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Angaben sind im Internet über http://dnb.ddb.de abrufbar. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available online at http://dnb.ddb.de. Contents Hanne Birk, Denise Burkhard and Marion Gymnich ‘Happy Birthday, Harry!’: Celebrating the Success of the Harry Potter Phenomenon ........ 7 Marion Gymnich and Klaus Scheunemann The ‘Harry Potter Phenomenon’: Forms of World Building in the Novels, the Translations, the Film Series and the Fandom ................................................................. 11 Part I: The Harry Potter Series and its Sources Laura Hartmann The Black Dog and the Boggart: Fantastic Beasts in Joanne K. -
Finding Aid for the Robert Sobieszek Archive, 1836-2005
Center for Creative Photography The University of Arizona 1030 N. Olive Rd. P.O. Box 210103 Tucson, AZ 85721 Phone: 520-621-6273 Fax: 520-621-9444 Email: [email protected] URL: http://creativephotography.org Finding aid for the Robert Sobieszek Archive, 1836-2005 AG 232 Finding aid created by Lenox Wiese, October 2016 AG 232: Robert Sobieszek Archive - page 2 Robert Sobieszek Archive, bulk 1836-2005 AG 232 Creator Sobieszek, Robert A., 1943-2005 Abstract Papers and materials, 1836-2005, collected and created by Robert A. Sobieszek (1943- 2005) are associated with his career as curator of photography at George Eastman House and LACMA. The entire collection spans 76.6 linear feet, the bulk of which includes research materials, publications, and writings related to Sobieszek’s major book and exhibition projects, specifically focused on his work associated with William S. Burroughs, Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000, and 19th C. Photography. The collection also includes Sobieszek’s teaching and lecture files as well as minimal amounts of biographical material. Quantity/ Extent 76.6 linear feet Language of Materials English and French Biographical Note Robert Sobieszek (1943-2005) was a diligent scholar, an active writer and lecturer, and a revered curator of photography. He began his career in 1968, working as a curatorial assistant at George Eastman House in New York after receiving a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Illinois in 1965. Sobieszek went on to earn a master’s degree in art history from Stanford University in 1969 and later, a master’s degree in philosophy from Columbia University in 1981. -
CURRICULUM VITAE David Mcwhirter EDUCATION
1 CURRICULUM VITAE David McWhirter Department of English 979-845-4564 Texas A&M University [email protected] College Station, TX 77843-4227 EDUCATION: Ph.D., University of Virginia (1977-1984) M.A., University of Virginia (1976-1977) B.A., Yale University (1968-1972) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2016-present: Professor, Texas A&M University (affiliated, Film Studies Program, 2008- ) 1992-2016: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 1996- 2002: Executive Director, South Central Modern Language Association 1991-92: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University 1984-91: Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania 1983-84: Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania 1978-83: Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS: American and British literary modernisms; gender/sexuality studies; modernism and early cinema; Henry James; aesthetics; U.S. southern studies; Eudora Welty. PUBLICATIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS: Books: Editor, Henry James in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010. Paperback Re-issue, 2015. Editor, with Pamela Matthews, Aesthetic Subjects. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003 Editor, Henry James’s New York Edition: The Construction of Authorship. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. Paperback Re-issue 1998. Desire and Love in Henry James: A Study of the Late Novels. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989; Paperback Re-issue, 2009. 2 Books in progress: “Henry James’s Modern Subjects” [monograph study of James’s late 1890s fiction] Roderick Hudson, by Henry James (editor, for The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James; under contract, Cambridge University Press) “Eudora Welty: Modernism and Modernity in the U.S. South” [monograph] Editorial: Guest Editor (with Sarah Ford), “‘Everybody to their own visioning’: Eudora Welty in the 21st Century,” Special Issue, Eudora Welty Review 6 (2014). -
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ISSUE 21 FALL 2014 Protodimension Magazine is a quarterly publication written and produced by fans of the modern, conspiratorial, horror genre of role play gaming. This magazine is provided freely via online download, and intends to follow all rules regarding fair use of copyrighted and trademarked material. No revenue for the writers and publishers of this fan magazine is generated directly or indirectly. Managing Editor : Norm Fenlason Chief Editor : Tad Kelson Contributing Editor : Lee Williams Art Direction : Norm Fenlason Norbert Nagy by Cover: Nagy Norbert Protodimension Magazine is a Trademark of Kinstaff Media, LLC. All rights reserved. While Protodimension Magazine is a trade- mark of Kinstaff Media LLC, all copyrights are held by the respective Corridor Infested authors and artists, unless otherwise indicated. The Dark Conspiracy® game in all forms is owned by Far Future Enterprises. Copyright © 1991, 1997 Cover illustration: Infested Corridor by Nagy Norbert. Far Future Enterprises. Dark Conspiracy® is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises. Far Future http://norbface.deviantart.com/gallery/ and permits web sites and fanzines for this game, provided it contains this notice, that Far Future is notified, and https://www.facebook.com/TheArtofNagyNorbert subject to a withdrawal of permission on 90 days notice. The contents of this site are for personal, non-com- Used with the artist’s express permission. mercial use only. Any use of Far Future Enterprises’ copyrighted material or trademarks anywhere on this web site and its files should not be viewed as a challenge to those copyrights or trademarks. In addition, any Some interior artwork by Earl Geier, David Lee Ingersoll, Norm program/articles/file on this site cannot be republished or distributed without the consent of the author who Fenlason.