TY - BOOK ID - 101345432 TI - The Cambridge companion to human rights and literature PY - 2019 SN - 9781108481328 1108481329 9781108722209 1108722202 9781108698511 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Human rights in literature KW - Law in literature KW - State, The, in literature KW - Social justice in literature KW - Humanitarianism in literature KW - 82.04 KW - 82:3 KW - 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen KW - Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen KW - 82.04 Literaire thema's KW - Literaire thema's UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101345432 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"-- ER -