This Companion considers what theoretical and practical possibilities emerge at the crossroads of human rights and literature.

Human rights are considered one of the big ideas of the early twenty-first century. This book presents in an authoritative and readable form the variety of plat

The legal texts and aspirational ideals of human rights are usually understood and applied in a global context with little bearing on the legal discourse, domes

Each essay in this Companion examines one or more literary texts and a religious tradition to illustrate how we can understand both literature and religion bett

From catastrophe to utopia, the most comprehensive survey yet of how literature can speak to the 'Anthropocene'.