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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784894303321

Autore

Sheeran Paul

Titolo

Literature and international relations : stories in the art of diplomacy / / Paul Sheeran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-59262-2

1-317-10447-1

1-317-10446-3

1-281-20886-8

9786611208868

0-7546-8873-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

809.93358

Soggetti

Diplomacy in literature

International relations in literature

Literature - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Utopia and its Discontents: Power and Morality; 2 Chivalry and Honour: Stories of Supermen and Terror(ists); 3 The Madness of Reason: Going Sane is Harder Than You Think; 4 Building Worlds: Forgotten Homes and Recovered Lands; 5 Border Flows: Crossing the State Line and Getting Caught; 6 The Politics of Unreasonable International Relations: Coded Whispers in the Corridors of Chaos; 7 Listening to Voices: Whispers from the Global Home; 8 City-States: Words and Weapons in Urban Myths; 9 Out of This World: Imperfect Future(s), Distorted Pasts

10 The Final Dance: The Beginnings of StoriesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Making a strong case for the relevance of literary production to understanding international relations, this persuasive volume highlights the potential rewards of developing a methodology to bring literature to bear on a discipline which has tended to neglect fictional sources.