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A Poetics of Forgiveness: Cultural Responses to Loss and Wrongdoing
Jill Scott
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Description for A Poetics of Forgiveness: Cultural Responses to Loss and Wrongdoing
Hardcover. This study argues that the work of forgiveness can facilitate productive mourning and that creative communication plays a critical role in negotiating forgiveness. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Despite recent interest in forgiveness and reconciliation, relatively little research has been conducted on forgiveness in literary studies. A Poetics of Forgiveness explores the profound links between creativity and forgiveness, and argues that creative production and interpretation can play a vital role in practices of forgiveness. Developing a model of "poetic forgiveness" through the work of Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, and Kelly Oliver, A Poetics of Forgiveness asks how forgiveness is expressed in literature and other art forms, and what creative works can bring to secular debates on forgiveness and conflict resolution. Jill Scott explores these questions in a wide ... Read more
Despite recent interest in forgiveness and reconciliation, relatively little research has been conducted on forgiveness in literary studies. A Poetics of Forgiveness explores the profound links between creativity and forgiveness, and argues that creative production and interpretation can play a vital role in practices of forgiveness. Developing a model of "poetic forgiveness" through the work of Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida, and Kelly Oliver, A Poetics of Forgiveness asks how forgiveness is expressed in literature and other art forms, and what creative works can bring to secular debates on forgiveness and conflict resolution. Jill Scott explores these questions in a wide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230615311
SKU
V9780230615311
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About Jill Scott
JILL SCOTT is Associate Professor of German at Queen's University, UK.
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