The English Jacobin Novel on Rights, Property and the Law is a study of the radical novel's critique of the evolving social contract in the 1790s. Focusing on selected novels by Thomas Holcroft, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Robert Bage, William Godwin, Mary Hays, Mary Wo…
"The English Jacobin Novel on Rights, Property and the Law is a study of the radical novel's critique of the evolving social contract in the 1790s. Focusing on selected novels by Thomas Holcroft, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Robert Bage, William Godwin, Mary Hays, Mary W…
Introduction -- On kinship with literary characters: the power of fiction -- Between indigenous beliefs and colonial invasion: the vital role of disability -- in Achebe's Things fall apart -- Extraordinary bodies: magic realism, disability, and Rushdie's Midnight's children -- H…
"This volume analyzes the figure and representation of disability in postcolonial literature, unpacking how depictions of disability both reflected and directly impacted the growth of disability human rights in the latter half of the twentieth century"--
"This volume analyzes the figure and representation of disability in postcolonial literature, unpacking how depictions of disability both reflected and directly impacted the growth of disability human rights in the latter half of the twentieth century"--
At least since The 'New York Times Magazine' proclaimed the triumph of the confessional narrative in 1996, the U.S. American literary market has been flooded with autobiographies by survivors of human rights violations. But why are these narratives so appealing to American reade…
At least since The 'New York Times Magazine' proclaimed the triumph of the confessional narrative in 1996, the U.S. American literary market has been flooded with autobiographies by survivors of human rights violations. But why are these narratives so appealing to American reade…
In We Shall Bear Witness, editors Meg Jensen and Margaretta Jolly assemble moving personal accounts from those who have endured persecution, imprisonment, and torture; meditations on experiences of injustice and protest by creative writers and filmmakers; and innovative research…