Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights

by Lyndsey Stonebridge

Book Overview

A 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192884689
• ISBN13: 9780192884688
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.1"