The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English... - 9781032430232

The Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in EnglishAuthor(s): Matthew Stratton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032430232, 978-1032430232\nSynopsis\nThe Routledge Companion to Politics and Literature in English provides an interdisciplinary overview of the vibrant connections between literature, politics, and the political. \n\nFeaturing contributions from 44 scholars across a variety of disciplines, the collection is divided into five parts: Connecting Literature and Politics; Constituting the Polis; Periods and Histories; Media, Genre, and Techne; and Spaces. Organized around familiar conceptssuch as humans, animals, workers, empires, nations, and statesrather than theoretical schools, it will help readers to understand the ways in which literature affects our understanding of who is capable of political action, who has been included in and excluded from politics, and how different spaces are imagine.