The Trial of the Catonsville Nine - Rilegato

Berrigan, Daniel; Andersen, Robin; Marsh, James L.

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ISBN 10: 0823223302 ISBN 13: 9780823223305

Casa editrice: Fordham Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them afire with napalm. The Catholic activists involved in this protest against the war included Daniel and Philip Berrigan; all were found guilty of destroying government property and sentenced to three years in jail. Dan Berrigan fled but later turned himself in.

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine became a powerful expression of the conflicts between conscience and conduct, power and justice, law and morality. Drawing on court transcripts, Berrigan wrote a dramatic account
of the trial and the issues it so vividly embodied. The result is a landmark work of art that has been performed frequently over the past thirty-five years, both as a piece of theater and a motion picture.

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L'autore:

Daniel Berrigan is author of fourteen volumes of poetry. His first volume of poetry, Time Without Number (1957), whose publication occurred at the suggestion of poet Marianne Moore, was nominated for the National Book Award and awarded the prestigious Lamant Prize for Poetry by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Robin Andersen is Director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program and Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Fordham.

James L. Marsh is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fordham University. He has published widely in such philosophical journals as International Philosophical Quarterly, New German Critique, and International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.

Product Description:

On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine Catholic activists used napalm to destroy military draft records taken from a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. The nine men and women (including Daniel and Philip Berrigan) were tried, found guilty of destroying government property, and sentenced to three years in jail. This new edition of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine incorporates essays by Robin Anderson and James Marsh that examine the play's themes in modern context, including activism related to the war in Iraq.

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• Editore: Fordham Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0823223302
• ISBN 13: 9780823223305
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 156