Liberty Ltd.: civil rights, civil liberties, and literature

Literatures written in English frequently intersect with or engage the history of civil rights and civil liberties. From portrayals of Sir Thomas More’s assassination to Orwell’s depiction of a world devoid of civil liberties in 1984. From Milton’s 'Areopagitica' to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. From Thoreau to Ghandi to Martin Luther King, Jr. From responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts to responses to the Patriot Act. From the works of Nadine Gordimer to those of Wole Soyinka. The 2006 volume of REAL solicits essays devoted to this topic, which examine: (1) literary representations of disputes and debates about civil rights and civil liberties; (2) how those disputes and debates have affected and shaped various works, from choice of subject matter to cases of censorship; and (3) rhetorical and metaphorical analysis of those disputes and debates and how they are staged.