The politics of literature is not the same as the politics of writers and their commitments, nor does it concern the way writers represent social structures or
Inspired and in honor of the work of noted political theorist Mary P. Nichols, the essays in this volume explore political ideas and implications in a range of
This volume shows how modern political theory can be enriched through an engagement with works of literature. It uses the resources of literature to explore iss
Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability argues for a rethinking of comparative literature focusing on the problems that emerge when large
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of