Writing against war : literature, activism, and the British peace movement /
Charles Andrews.
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (249 pages).
- Cultural expressions of World War II: interwar preludes, responses, memory .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: "Throwing sand" -- Pledging peace in Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza -- Challenging death in Storm Jameson's Mirror in darkness trilogy -- Narrating veteran-pacifism in Siegfried Sassoon's memoirs of George Sherston -- Tending the ruins in Rose Macaulay's And no man's wit -- Thinking as fighting in Virginia Woolf's The years and Three guineas -- Coda: Perceiving the peace movement.
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Peace movements in literature. Peace movements--Great Britain--20th century. Experimental fiction, English--History and criticism. English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century