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Novels & Human Rights Part 8: Causal Links and Conclusion

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In the past two weeks, we’ve talked about the different cultural changes taking place in the 1700s, Into this changing cultural milieu came Pamela, popular for all the reasons we’ve discussed before. It interacted with the surrounding culture, establishing necessary foundations for the recognition of human rights. Taking advantage of pre-existing movements toward individualism, Pamela…… Continue reading Novels & Human Rights Part 8: Causal Links and Conclusion

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Novels & Human Rights Part 6: Historical Context (The Book Trade)

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When I started this project, I had no idea what a radical century I’d be examining. The 1700s bore a host of social changes and crazy new thoughts coming out of the Enlightenment that started around 1650. One day I’ll read about it more comprehensively, but my year is 1740, and I’ll focus on factors…… Continue reading Novels & Human Rights Part 6: Historical Context (The Book Trade)

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History Paper Abstract – Novels and Human Rights

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I was going to post about My Story Can Beat Up Your Story again today, but with the unexpected appearance of Ms. Marvel #8 and various other things going on, I haven’t had time to get into it and have decided to postpone that until next week. One of the “various other things” was me trying to get this…… Continue reading History Paper Abstract – Novels and Human Rights

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Reading List for Human Rights and the Novel in History

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The tentative topic for my senior paper is how the development of the novel as a form in the 1700s helped influence the development of empathy and human rights. Eh? Eh? Pretty rad, amirite? This is my list of sources to check out. They’re in order of how relevant they are, (that is to say:…… Continue reading Reading List for Human Rights and the Novel in History