TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Literature has been essential to shaping the notions of human personhood, good life, moral responsibility, and forms of freedom that have been central to human rights law, discourse, and politics. The literary study of human rights has also recently generated innovative and timely perspectives on the history, meaning, and scope of human rights. The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights and Literature introduces this new and exciting field of study in the humanities. It explores the historical and institutional contexts, theoretical concepts, genres, and methods that literature and human rights share. Equally accessible to beginners in the field and more advanced researchers, this Companion emphasizes both the literary and interdisciplinary dimensions of human rights and the humanities"--
AB  - "Literature has been essential to shaping the notions of human personhood, good life, moral responsibility, and forms of freedom that have been central to human rights law, discourse, and politics. The literary study of human rights has also recently generated innovative and timely perspectives on the history, meaning, and scope of human rights. The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights and Literature introduces this new and exciting field of study in the humanities. It explores the historical and institutional contexts, theoretical concepts, genres, and methods that literature and human rights share. Equally accessible to beginners in the field and more advanced researchers, this Companion emphasizes both the literary and interdisciplinary dimensions of human rights and the humanities"--
T1  - The Cambridge companion to human rights and literature /
AU  - Parikh, Crystal,
CN  - PN56.H79
CN  - PN56.H79
ID  - 904093
KW  - Human rights in literature.
KW  - Law in literature.
KW  - State, The, in literature.
KW  - Social justice in literature.
KW  - Humanitarianism in literature.
SN  - 9781108481328
SN  - 1108481329
SN  - 9781108722209
SN  - 1108722202
TI  - The Cambridge companion to human rights and literature /
ER  -