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Civil Disobedience (Bloom's Literary Themes)

By Bloom, Harold & Hobby, Blake

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The role of civil disobedience, the act of defying society for the greater good, has been a theme of many famous and often controversial literary works. This volume explores the role of civil disobedience in 1984, Antigone, The Crucible, Fahrenheit 451, the speeches of Malcolm X, and many more works.. Featuring original essays and excerpts from previously published critical analyses, this addition to the Bloom's Literary Themes series gives students valuable insight into the title's subject theme.

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978-1-60413-439-1
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Blooms Literary Criticism


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Reviewed on May 1, 2010

Gr 10-Up The 20 essays in these compilations explore classical works of literaturenovels, plays, short stories, letters, or speecheswith a common thematic thread. Sources analyzed in "Civil Disobedience" include excerpts from George Orwell's "1984", Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener," Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", and speeches by Malcolm X. Excerpts in "Enslavement and Emancipation" discuss Toni Morrison's "Beloved", the Declaration of Independence, various slave narratives, and some of Elie Wiesel's no...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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