‘Murphy’ and Peace
Wallace, Jeff. 2015. Twentieth Century Literature 61, no. 3: 352–72. This text investigates Samuel Beckett’s novel Murphy as a potentially pacifist text. Published in 1938, Murphy is an avant-garde novel whose…
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND THE READING OF LITERATURE
Gordon, Haim. 1990. The Centennial Review 34, no. 4: 577–86. This text explores the personal experiences of its author, Haim Gordon, as an educator, recalling an instance where he was called to teach Jewish and Arab…
The (M)Other Battle of World War One: The Maternal Politics of Pacifism in Rose Macaulay’s Non-Combatants and Others
Boxwell, D. A. 1993. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 12, no. 1: 85–101. The text begins by relating the concept of motherhood to war, and, through references to the Iliad, establishes that there motherhood and…
The Tragedy of Peace: Political Meaning in Women Beware Women
Bromham, A. A. 1986. Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 26, no. 2: 309–29. The text focuses on Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women and studies it as a peace play with an astute awareness of the context of its…
Who makes war, does not make love. A comment on Lisistrata by Aristophanes
Donato R, Oscar Mauricio. (2019) Franciscanum [online], vol.61, n.172 This article provides an interesting analysis of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, contextualising the play as a commentary of political negotiations…
The Lysistrata as a Post-Deceleian Peace Play
Dillon, Matthew. (1987) Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) 117 This article explores the connection between peace and fertility in Aristophanes’ plays, further contributing to the research on…
Homeland In/Security: A Discussion and Workshop on Teaching Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis
Botshon, Lisa and Plastas, Melinda. (2009) Feminist Teacher 20, no. 1 This article interestingly explores the reaction of students to Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and how readers particularly feel the anti-war message…