Download or read book Pacifism and English Literature written by R.S. White and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.