TY - BOOK AU - Druce,Robert TI - This Day our Daily Fictions: An Enquiry into the Multi-Million Bestseller Status of Enid Blyton and Ian Fleming T2 - Costerus New Series SN - 9789004489363 AV - PE1 U1 - 823.91409 23 PY - 1992/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Fleming, Ian, KW - Roman KW - Spy stories, English KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; Robert Druce -- Note; Robert Druce -- Part One Enid Blyton, Ian Fleming, Their Writings, and the Critics; Robert Druce -- 1 Introductory; Robert Druce -- 2 Enid Blyton: Teacher and Writer; Robert Druce -- 3 Sightseer, Reporter, Interpreter; Robert Druce -- 4 Enid Blyton: The Critical Backlash; Robert Druce -- 5 Ian Fleming and the James Bond Novels; Robert Druce -- 6 “The Essential Thing Is to Write Cursively”; Robert Druce -- 7 Ian Fleming and the Critics; Robert Druce -- 8 James Bond in the Cinema; Robert Druce -- Part Two Structure and Myth; Robert Druce -- 9 Formula and Plot; Robert Druce -- 10 A “Confrontational” Analysis; Robert Druce -- 11 The James Bond “Myth”; Robert Druce -- 12 The Kingdom of the Dead and the Myth of Rebirth; Robert Druce -- 13 Variations in a Gothic Mode; Robert Druce -- Part Three Ideologies; Robert Druce -- 14 A Conflict of Codes; Robert Druce -- 15 “Us” and “Them”; Robert Druce -- 16 “The Sweet Tang of Rape”; Robert Druce -- 17 The Solipsistic Hero; Robert Druce -- Part Four Conclusion; Robert Druce -- 18 The Omniscient Author; Robert Druce -- References and Notes; Robert Druce -- Appendix A; Robert Druce -- Appendix B; Robert Druce -- Select Bibliography; Robert Druce -- Index; Robert Druce UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004489363 ER -