Atrocity : a literary history /

Exploring literary representations of mass violence, Robbins traces the emergence of a cosmopolitan recognition of atrocity. Mass violence did not always have a name. Like conquest, atrocity was not always seen as violating a moral norm or inviting indignation. Could the concept of atrocity even exi...

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Main Author:	Robbins, Bruce (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Violence in literature. Atrocities in literature.