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Violence in literature

Here are entered works on violence as a theme in literature, including violence in drama from a literary point of view. Works on violence as presented upon the stage are entered under Violence in the theater.

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• Violence
• Literature

• Transnational Black Dialogues: Re-Imagining Slavery in the Twenty-First Century (Bielefield: Transcript Verlag, 2016), by Markus Nehl (PDF at oapen.org)
• Conflict Bodies: The Politics of Rape Representation in the Francophone Imaginary (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2014), by Régine Michelle Jean-Charles (PDF at Ohio State)
• The Economics of Fantasy: Rape in Twentieth-Century Literature (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2006), by Sharon Stockton (PDF at Ohio State)
• Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, c2005), by Lisa A. Surridge (PDF at ohioswallow.com)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact and Propaganda (from the 1973 edition, with a followup on its suppression), by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman, contrib. by Richard A. Falk (HTML with commentary at chomsky.info)
• La Violence en Droit Criminel Romain (in French; Paris: Librairie Plon, 1915), by Jean Coroï (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Algeria: Civilian Population Caught in a Spiral of Violence (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF files at amnesty.org)

• Politics in the Andes: Identity, Conflict, Reform (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2004), ed. by Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri (page images at Pitt)

• Brazil, Corumbiara and Eldorado de Carajás: Rural Violence, Police Brutality and Impunity (1998), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Brazil, Corumbiara and Eldorado de Carajás: Rural Violence, Police Brutality and Impunity (1998), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Brazil, Corumbiara and Eldorado de Carajás: Rural Violence, Police Brutality and Impunity (1998), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Brazil, Corumbiara and Eldorado de Carajás: Rural Violence, Police Brutality and Impunity (1998), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• The Coming Wave of Violence in California (1996), by Allan F. Abrahamse (PDF with commentary at rand.org)

• Domestic Violence Handbook: A Survivor's Guide (revised edition, 2008), by Crime and Violence Prevention Center (Calif.) (PDF at ojp.gov)

• Domestic Violence Handbook: A Survivor's Guide (revised edition, 2008), by Crime and Violence Prevention Center (Calif.) (PDF at ojp.gov)

• How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence, by Julie H. Goldberg and William Schwabe (PDF at rand.org)

• Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1998), ed. by Petrus Cornelis Spierenburg
  • PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press
  • PDF at Ohio State

• Breaking the Grip? Obstacles to Justice for Paramilitary Mafias in Colombia (2008), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• War Without Quarter: Colombia and International Humanitarian Law, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)

• Violent Conflict in the 21st Century: Causes, Instruments, and Mitigation (1999), ed. by Charles F. Hermann, Harold K. Jacobson, and Anne Simon Moffat (PDF at amacad.org)

• Power and Protest in the Countryside: Studies of Rural Unrest in Asia, Europe, and Latin America (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1989), ed. by Scott E. Guggenheim and Robert P. Weller (page images at HathiTrust)

• Power and Protest in the Countryside: Studies of Rural Unrest in Asia, Europe, and Latin America (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1989), ed. by Scott E. Guggenheim and Robert P. Weller (page images at HathiTrust)

• Permanent Revolution in the U.S. Today: Speeches by Freedom Socialist Party Delegates to the Trotskyist and Revolutionary Socialist Conference, San Francisco, November 30-December 1, 1985 (published ca. 1988), by Robert Crisman, Stephen Durham, Monica Hill, and Merle Woo (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (New York: Fordham University Press, 2004), ed. by James Heft (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)

• Social Movements, Violence, and Change: The May Movement in Curaçao (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1975), by William A. Anderson and Russell R. Dynes (PDF at Ohio State)

• From Madness to Hope: The 12-Year War in El Salvador: Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (1993), by United Nations Commission on the Truth (HTML at derechos.org)

• Mr. Tasker's Gods (originally published 1925; reprinted 1972), by Theodore Francis Powys (multiple formats at Faded Page)

• Kenya, Violations of Human Rights: Communications Between Amnesty International and the Government of Kenya (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Systemic Injustice: Torture, "Disappearance," and Extrajudicial Execution in Mexico, by Joel Solomon (HTML at hrw.org)

• Toward a Theory of Peace: The Role of Moral Beliefs (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2020), by Randall Forsberg, ed. by Matthew Evangelista and Neta Crawford (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
• Anarchism and Violence, by L. S. Bevington (HTML at Indiana)

• Human Remains and Violence (full serial archives)

• Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida (originally published 2002; open access edition Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), by Hent de Vries (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
• Nonviolence in Hawaii's Spiritual Traditions (1991), ed. by Glenn D. Paige and Sarah Gilliatt (PDF files at globalnonviolence.org)

• Rwanda: Ending the Silence (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)

• Civil Society, Conflict and Violence: Insights from the CIVICUS Civil Society Index Project (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, c2012), ed. by Regina List and Wolfgang Dörner (HTML at bloomsburyacademic.com; registration optional)

• Understanding and Preventing Violence (4 volumes; Washington: National Academy Press, 1993-1994), ed. by Albert J. Reiss and Jeffrey A. Roth
  • Volume 1: page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 2 (Biobehavioral Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 3 (Social Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 4 (Consequences and Control): page images with commentary at NAP
• The Politics of Protest (Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States Task Force on Demonstrations, Protests, and Group Violence, contrib. by Jerome H. Skolnick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Skinheads: Who They Are and What to Do When They Come to Town (New York: American Jewish Committee, ca. 1990), by Kenneth S. Stern (PDF at ajcarchives.org)
• Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (2004), by National Research Council Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms, ed. by Charles F. Wellford, John Pepper, and Carol Petrie (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Dying to Entertain: Violence on Prime Time Broadcast Television, 1998 to 2006 (Alexandria, VA, and Los Angeles: Parents Television Council, 2007), by Caroline Schulenberg (PDF at parentstv.org)
• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Community Members Can Do (2014), by National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (HTML and PDF with commentary at NIH)
• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Rescue Workers Can Do (2014), by National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (HTML and PDF with commentary at NIH)
• Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do (2013), by National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (multiple formats with commentary at NIH)
• The Emotional Life of Nations, by Lloyd DeMause (HTML at psychohistory.com)
• Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, by Graça Machel (HTML with commentary at UNICEF)

• Rampage Shootings and Gun Control: Politicization and Policy Change in Western Europe (London and New York: Routledge, c2017), by Steffen Hurka (HTML and PDF with commentary at taylorandfrancis.com)

• The Seven Steps to Personal Safety: How to Survive a Violent Confrontation (electronic edition, 2000), by Richard B. Isaacs and Tim Powers (PDF with commentary at lubrinco.com)

• Emotional Trials: The Moral Dilemmas of Women Criminal Defense Attorneys (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004), by Cynthia Siemsen (multiple formats at Northeastern and archive.org)
• Gun Violence in America: The Struggle for Control (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2001), by Alexander DeConde (multiple formats at Northeastern)
• Statement of J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation before National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (1968), by J. Edgar Hoover (page images at Preservica)
• Understanding and Preventing Violence (4 volumes; Washington: National Academy Press, 1993-1994), ed. by Albert J. Reiss and Jeffrey A. Roth
  • Volume 1: page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 2 (Biobehavioral Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 3 (Social Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 4 (Consequences and Control): page images with commentary at NAP

More items available under broader and related terms at left.