Description
| Product ID: | 9781349386420 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Joyce and the G-Men |
| Subtitle: | J. Edgar Hoover’s Manipulation of Modernism |
| Authors: | Author: C. Culleton |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Literature: history and criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Fiction and Related items, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Fiction & related items, History of the Americas, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Several years ago on a whim, Culleton requested James Joyce's FBI file. Hoover had Joyce under surveillance as a suspected Communist, and the chain of cross-references that Culleton followed from Joyce's file lead her to obscenity trials and, less obviously, to a plot to assassinate Irish labour leader James Larkin. Several years ago on a whim, Culleton requested James Joyce''s FBI file. Hoover had Joyce under surveillance as a suspected Communist, and the chain of cross-references that Culleton followed from Joyce''s file lead her to obscenity trials and, less obviously, to a plot to assassinate Irish labour leader James Larkin. Hoover devoted a great deal of energy to keeping watch on intellectuals and considered literature to be dangerous on a number of levels. Joyce and the G-Men explores how these linkages are indicative of the culture of the FBI under Hoover, and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-07-19 |
