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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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JILL SCOTT is Associate Professor of German at Queen's University, UK.
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Book Title: A Poetics of Forgiveness
Book Subtitle: Cultural Responses to Loss and Wrongdoing
Authors: Jill Scott
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106246
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Jill Scott 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61531-1Published: 14 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37911-8Published: 14 May 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10624-6Published: 29 March 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology, general, European Literature, North American Literature, Philosophy, general, Poetry and Poetics, Cultural and Media Studies, general