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  • The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the wor... The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the work of Rupert Brooke Siegfried Sassoon Edmund Blunden Wilfred Owen Isaac Rosenberg Herbert Read and David Jones. He finds in Read and Jones the culmination of a tendency... more
  • The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the wor... The author deals with the shock of World War I as it was registered in the work of Rupert Brooke Siegfried Sassoon Edmund Blunden Wilfred Owen Isaac Rosenberg Herbert Read and David Jones. He finds in Read and Jones the culmination of a tendency... more
  • Called a pioneer work of the first importance by Staughton Lynd this book trac... Called a pioneer work of the first importance by Staughton Lynd this book traces the history of pacifism in America from colonial times to the start of World War I. The author describes how the immigrant peace sects-Quaker Mennonite and Dunker... more
  • Extracted from Pacifism in the United States this work focuses on the signific... Extracted from Pacifism in the United States this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand... more
  • In the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens s word-play Eleanor Cook foc... In the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens s word-play Eleanor Cook focuses on Stevens s skillful play with grammar etymology allusion and other elements of poetry and suggests ways in which this play offers a method of approaching his work.... more
  • The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th... The attack on poetry and the theater which occurred in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations. This war against poetry was in Professor Fraser s view part of a larger cultural movement:... more
  • In the twentieth century no form of experience has been more frequently taken ... In the twentieth century no form of experience has been more frequently taken up by poets eager to capture both the openness and fluidity of life and the aesthetic closure of an artwork than that of a walk. Examining the walk poem Roger Gilbert... more
  • Before the outbreak of hostilities between Charles I and the Long Parliament t... Before the outbreak of hostilities between Charles I and the Long Parliament the King had authorized a regular monthly fast for the realm which members of parliament later adopted as a program of national humiliation. At the invitation of individual... more
  • This book provides the first thorough examination of the peace movement in pre... This book provides the first thorough examination of the peace movement in pre-World War I Germany concentrating on the factors in German politics and society that account for the movement s weakness. The author draws on a wide range of documents to... more
  • Extracted from Pacifism in the United States this work focuses on the signific... Extracted from Pacifism in the United States this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand... more
  • Called a pioneer work of the first importance by Staughton Lynd this book trac... Called a pioneer work of the first importance by Staughton Lynd this book traces the history of pacifism in America from colonial times to the start of World War I. The author describes how the immigrant peace sects-Quaker Mennonite and Dunker... more
  • This selection from the authors A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1... This selection from the authors A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960 (Princeton) describes the changes that were made in the banking structure and in the monetary standard following the great contraction of 1929 to 1933 the... more
  • Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldie... Literary and historical conventions have long painted the experience of soldiers during World War I as simple victimization. Leonard Smith however argues that a complex dialogue of resistance and negotiation existed between French soldiers and their... more
  • A distinguished Japanese scholar counterbalances the current preoccupation amo... A distinguished Japanese scholar counterbalances the current preoccupation among sociologists with childhood socialization by exploring the changes in values and attitudes among adults in Japan before and after World War II. Originally published in... more
  • Although the political and military aspects of great-power diplomacy in Easter... Although the political and military aspects of great-power diplomacy in Eastern Europe during the interwar period have been studied extensively the economic aspects have been relatively neglected. Drawing on documentary material that has only... more
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