Pacifism and English Literature

Pacifism and English Literature
Author: R. White
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2008-02-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230583644


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This timely book traces ideas of pacifism in English literature, particularly poetry. Early chapters, drawing on religious and secular traditions, provide intellectual contexts. There follows a chronological analysis of literature which rejects war and celebrates peace, from the Middle Ages to the present day.


Pacifism and English Literature
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: R. White
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-21 - Publisher: Springer

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This timely book traces ideas of pacifism in English literature, particularly poetry. Early chapters, drawing on religious and secular traditions, provide intel
Imagining Peace
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Ben Lowe
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-01 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In this book Ben Lowe examines the developing language of peace in late medieval and Renaissance England. He challenges the popular assumption that this was sim
Pacifism
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Robert L. Holmes
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-15 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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In a world riven with conflict, violence and war, this book proposes a philosophical defense of pacifism. It argues that there is a moral presumption against wa
Imagining Peace
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Ben Lowe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In this book Ben Lowe examines the developing language of peace in late medieval and Renaissance England. He challenges the popular assumption that this was sim
Pacifism in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 1018
Authors: Peter Brock
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Called "a pioneer work of the first importance" by Staughton Lynd, this book traces the history of pacifism in America from colonial times to the start of World