| An Energy Field More Intense Than War: The Nonviolent Tradition and American Literature Contributor(s): True, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815626797 ISBN-13: 9780815626794 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1995 Annotation: "Provides a context for Thoreau, conscientious objection, Robert Bly, and Martin Luther King .... Excellent study". -- Choice |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 95-13288 |
| Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.46" W x 9.22" (0.97 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An account of the tradition of literature dealing with non-violence in the United States, from the 17th to the 20th century. Beginning with Quakers of the 1680s, through the Sanctuary Movement and Plowshares of the 1980s, various novelists and poets, including Hawthorne and Whitman, are discussed. |