Writing and Righting Literature in the Age of Human Rights 9780470044001 including new examples and case

including new examples and case studies

Single copy of Making Faces

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Writing and Righting Literature in the Age of Human Rights 9780470044001 including new examples and caseA bold and accessible argument for the moral and political value of literature in rightless times. The obvious humanity of books would seem to make literature and human rights natural allies. But what is the real connection between literature and human rights? In this short polemical book, Lyndsey Stonebridge shows how the history of human rights owes much to the creative imagining of writers. Yet, she argues, it is not enough to claim that literature