John Buchan and the Idea of ModernityKate Macdonald, Nathan Waddell Considered a quintessentially 'popular' author, John Buchan was a writer of fiction, journalism, philosophy and Scottish history. By examining his engagement with empire, psychoanalysis and propaganda, the contributors to this volume place Buchan at the centre of the debate between popular culture and the modernist elite. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
John Buchan Scottish Fiction and Scotland | 17 |
T H Green Lord Milner and John Buchan | 33 |
John Buchan and Rhodesia | 49 |
John Buchans Friendship with T E Lawrence | 63 |
5 Masculinities in the Richard Hannay War Trilogy of John Buchan | 81 |
Information Culture and the First World War | 97 |
7 The SpyScattered Landscapes of Modernity in John Buchans Mr Standfast | 111 |
John Buchan and Psychoanalysis | 125 |
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