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A Literary History of Reconciliation - Power, Remorse and the Limits of Forgiveness (Hardcover)
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A Literary History of Reconciliation - Power, Remorse and the Limits of Forgiveness (Hardcover)
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From William Shakespeare to Marilynne Robinson, this book examines
representations of interpersonal reconciliation in works of
literature, focusing on how these representations draw on the
language of divine forgiveness. Christian theology sees divine
forgiveness as conditional upon a sinner's remorse and
self-abasement before God, but also as a form of grace -
unconditional and rooted only in divine love. Van Dijkhuizen
explores what happens when this paradoxical forgiveness paradigm
comes to serve as a template for interpersonal reconciliation. As A
Literary History of Reconciliation shows, literary writers imagine
interpersonal reconciliation as being centrally about power and
hierarchy, and present forgiveness without power as longed for but
ever elusive. Drawing on major works of literature from the early
modern era to the present day, this book explores works by John
Milton, Virginia Woolf, J.M. Coetzee, Ian McEwan and others to
craft a literary history that will appeal to readers interested in
literature, religion and philosophy.
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