Pacifism and English Literature

Minstrels of Peace
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-36295-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3891 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Literature and Peace Studies From Minstrels to Martyrs PART ONE: PACIFIST PERSPECTIVES Sacred Texts Secular Texts, Humanist Pacifism PART TWO: A BRIEF PACIFIST HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY Medieval Pacifism Renaissance Pacifism Shakespeare's Pacifist Voices Romantic Peace and War Pacifism in Prose and Films A Plague on both your Houses: Air Control, Civilian Casualties and Twentieth-century Poetry Conclusion: 'Songs of such Exquisite Sweetness' Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

R.S. WHITE is Professor of English at the University of Western Australia. He has published extensively on Shakespeare and on Romanticism, and is the author of (1996) and (2005).