Atrocity: A Literary History

by Bruce Robbins

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 exist before people could accuse their own country of mass violence committed against the inhabitants of another country? Drawing on a vast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503640558
• ISBN13: 9781503640559
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages