A Poetics of Forgiveness
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A Poetics of Forgiveness

Cultural Responses to Loss and Wrongdoing

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A Poetics of Forgiveness

Cultural Responses to Loss and Wrongdoing

About this book

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 variety of historical and cultural contexts, from Homer s Iliad to 9/11 novels, from postwar Germany to post-Apartheid South Africa, in canonical texts and in diverse media, including film, photography, and testimony.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: A Poetics of Forgiveness
  9. 1 Anger without Emotion: Revenge from the Iliad to Kill Bill
  10. 2 Mourning to the Limit: Forgiveness in H.D.'s The Gift
  11. 3 Phonemes of Forgiveness in Kafka's Letter to His Father
  12. 4 Inappropriate Apology in Ingeborg Bachmann's The Book of Franza
  13. 5 Photography and Forgiveness: Visualizing Reconciliation
  14. 6 Poetic and Performative Forgiveness in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  15. 7 Metaphors of Forgiveness after 9/11
  16. Conclusion: Forgiveness as an Ethics of Everyday Life
  17. Appendices
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index