Energy Field More Intense Than War: The Nonviolent Tradition and American Literature

by Michael True

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.

198 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1995

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is wonderful. It is a great overview over a couple hundred years of the rich tradition of nonviolence and peace that there has been in this country. It is spoken of very little - but the author does a terrific job looking at the original materials and putting them in context - to remind us of an often invisible part of our story.