Pacifism and English Literature

1. Literature and Peace Studies
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2. From Minstrels to Martyrs
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Part I. Pacifist Perspectives

3. Sacred Texts
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4. Secular Texts, Humanist Pacifism
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Part II. A Brief Pacifist History of English Literature

5. Medieval Pacifism
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6. Renaissance Pacifism
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7. Pacifist Voices in Shakespeare
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8. Romantic Peace and War
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9. Pacifism in Prose and Films
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10. A Plague on Both Your Houses: War from the Air, the Civilian Dead and Modern Poetry
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11. Conclusion: ‘Songs of Such Exquisite Sweetness’
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Keywords: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Social History, Cultural History, Twentieth-Century Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature