From Russia with Love

"Ian Fleming while writing From Russia, with Love thought of the nineteenth century Russian novel A Hero of our Time written by the romantic poet and novelist Lermontov. This educational edition of the book includes a critical search for the meaning of the lames Bond phenomenon, to understand precisely what kind of a hero he is. Is he a model neo-Elizabethan, the kind of hero Great Britain once needed and still needs? A hero of the Western world in the Cold War days? A hero of consumer capitalism? Is there a shift in the meaning of his heroism over the decades? Who or what shifts the meaning the production apparatus, other media, readers? Also, where does all this leave his heroines? What is the position of Fleming's spy novels in the genre? These are the questions which the student of popular fiction are encouraged to address. CRITICAL ESSAYS Tony Bennet John G. Cawelti Jerry Palmer John Atkins Michael Denning Tony Bennett and Janet Woollacott Marxism and Popular Fiction The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Fiction What Makes a Good Thriller Chancelleries of Europe Licensed to Look Figures of Bond Dilip K. Basu teaches English at Rajdhani College, Delhi University."