Puritanism, Literature and War.

Discusses the correlation between literature and war. Ways by which the field of literature benefits from war; Argument that the indebtedness of literature to war is, being simply, that there never was a literature not introduced by a period of war; Impact of war on the works of playwright, William Shakespeare; War's effect on human nature; Biases that have determined the holder's opinion of the effect of war on human spirit; Manifestation of the principle of Puritanism in war; Nature of the puritanical outlook towards war.