The manifesto has taken its place as one of history's greatest
artifacts, inspiring and worrying entire populations as
political tools, defining and describing many important literary
movements, and bringing insight into the beliefs and intentions
of some of the 20th Century's most disturbing criminal minds.
Spanning from the earliest published examples dating to 16th C.
Europe, through the Declaration of Independence, to the 2006
Euston Manifesto, The Manifesto In Literature will describe the
authors and their causes, as well as the social, political,
economic philosophies that are behind them. The context of
history will play an important role in describing the
circumstances of their writing and how they were received and
acted upon at the time of writing and after. Part of Gale's
Literature Of Society series, Each entry in The Manifesto In
Literature will provide a biography of the primary author or an
overview of the group involved, the history and impact of the
work, as well as an overview and analysis o