Around 1945 : literature, citizenship, rights

Hepburn, Allan, (author,). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary: "Around 1945 examines an issue that preoccupied social and political thinkers at mid-century and that has resonance still: Who is a citizen and on what grounds is citizenship defined? The volume attempts to articulate some of the complexities that inform the relation between citizenship and human rights in light of a reconsideration of citizenship and rights that occurred in the postwar era. Literary texts and cultural events model problems of rights, such as dignity, freedom, sovereignty, and responsibility. The ssays are unified by an investigation of the human and cultural aspects of universal rights."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780773599024
ISBN: 9780773547315
ISBN: 9780773547322
Physical Description: remote
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1 electronic text (x, 313 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Montreal [Quebec] ; McGill-Queen's University Press, [2016]
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"The essays in this collection derive from a two-day colloquium, entitled "Literature, Citizenship, Rights," held at McGill University on 21 22 August 2014. That event was made possible by generous support from a Fonds de Recherche du Québec Société et Culture (FRQSC) research grant dedicated to research on the novel."--Acknowledgments. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Allan Hepburn -- PART ONE: CITIZENS. 1 Citizenship and the English Novel in 1945 / Marina Mackay -- 2 "A Rather Ungoverned Bringing Up": Postwar Resistance and Displacement in The World My Wilderness / Ian Whittington -- 3 Not of National Importance: Sylvia Townsend Warner, Women's Work, and the Mid-Century Historical Novel / Melanie Micir -- 4 Citizens of World Photography / Emily Hyde --
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available in print version.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.