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An Energy Field More Intense Than War: Nonviolent Tradition and American Literature (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Softcover

True, Michael

 
9780815603672: An Energy Field More Intense Than War: Nonviolent Tradition and American Literature (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0815603673 ISBN 13: 9780815603672
Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1995

Synopsis

American history abounds with a rich tradition of literature dealing with nonviolence. In a work that spans from the seventeenth century to the present, Michael True brings to light the strong but long-neglected strain in American culture: nonviolence as an active response to conflicts and divisiveness. In identifying writings about action for social change, he distinguishes literary works from peace advocacy and nonviolence and relates them to broad currents of United States history.

The Quakers of the 1680s and abolitionists of the 1850s, the sanctuary Movement and Plowshares of the 1980s, novelists (from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Norman Mailer) and poets (from Walt Whitman to Denise Levertov) all have written powerful works on nonviolent action. Through this literature, the author explores the beauty of an important theme in American literature. At a time when people face widespread injustice, True reminds us that nonviolence holds a significant place in our country's history.

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About the Author

Michael True is a professor of English at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts. He is author of To Construct Peace and is convenor of the Nonviolence Commission of the International Peace Research Association.

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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815603673
ISBN 13 
9780815603672
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
169