Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights

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Product ID:	9780198814054
Product Form:	Hardback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Writing and Righting
Subtitle:	Literature in the Age of Human Rights
Authors:	Author: Lyndsey Stonebridge
Page Count:	176
Subjects:	Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Ethical issues and debates, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, Ethical issues & debates, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship
Description:	Select Guide Rating Lyndsey Stonebridge presents a new way to think about the relationship between literature and human rights that challenges the idea that empathy inspires action. 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 literature is the empathetic wing of the human rights movement. At a time when human rights are so blatantly under attack, the writers we need how are the political truthtellers, the bold callers out of easy sympathy and comfortable platitudes.
Imprint Name:	Oxford University Press
Publisher Name:	Oxford University Press
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2020-11-26

Weight	332 g
Dimensions	144 × 223 × 18 mm