 Classical authors frequently blended politics with fiction. Dumas and Shakespeare’s histories and tragedies, Stowe, Dickens and Twain’s abolitionist agenda, Swift’s sarcastic and the realists’ and naturalists’ melancholic anti-poverty and corruption stands, Cooper’s plea for the rights of the Native Americans, and Conrad’s protest against colonialism are some examples of canonical encounters between the causes of social justice and literary interpretations or portrayals of the ills that plague humanity. Essays on the edges and even outside of this topic will be welcomed as well, but, those that explore it will be given priority. All literary periods from the beginning of written thought to the present day are relevant. The writers studied can be from any nation, gender, sexual orientation and the like. Please do translate all foreign words in endnotes into English, so that your English-speaking readers can understand every word of your argument. Poetry does not need to have a political slant, but political poetry is especially coveted.
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