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Description for Around 1945
Paperback. How novels expanded human and legal rights in the age of the atomic bomb. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Near the end of the Second World War, new ideas about citizenship, national identity, belonging, and rights emerged as the atrocities of the war - coupled with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - spurred writers and citizens around the world to think about their responsibilities to their fellow man. Covering British authors and contemporary fiction by migrant writers publishing at mid-century, as well as some photography from the era, Around 1945 is a collection of essays that reveals how literary texts and cultural events modeled human rights issues such as dignity, freedom, sovereignty, and responsibility. ... Read more
Near the end of the Second World War, new ideas about citizenship, national identity, belonging, and rights emerged as the atrocities of the war - coupled with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - spurred writers and citizens around the world to think about their responsibilities to their fellow man. Covering British authors and contemporary fiction by migrant writers publishing at mid-century, as well as some photography from the era, Around 1945 is a collection of essays that reveals how literary texts and cultural events modeled human rights issues such as dignity, freedom, sovereignty, and responsibility. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547322
SKU
V9780773547322
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99-15
About Allan Hepburn
Allan Hepburn is James McGill Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at McGill University.
Reviews for Around 1945
" Around 1945 is an exceptionally strong and carefully curated set of essays that will have a very receptive audience among scholars of modern and contemporary literature and culture." - Thomas Davis, Ohio State University " The eclectic grouping of essays contained in Around 1945 makes for an exciting addition to the growing field of scholarship on relations between literary ... Read more