Of women borne: a literary ethics of suffering
Cynthia R. Wallace
Of women borne: a literary ethics of suffering
Author
Cynthia R. WallacePublisher
Columbia University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Of women borne: a literary ethics of suffering / Cynthia R. WallacePublication Details
نیویورک : Columbia University Press، 2016مPhysical Description
xxiii, 316 p; 24 cm.Subject
Suffering in literaturePain in literature
Redemption in literature
Literature Women authors -- History and criticism
Women and literature -- 21st century History
series
(Gender, theory, and religion؛ )Language
انگلیسیBased on the author's Ph. D. dissertation, Loyola University, Chicago, 2102.
Includes bibliographical references )p. 962-982( and index.
Includes bibliographical references )p. 962-982( and index.
Contents
Preface: if we could learn to learn from pain -- History (herstory) and theory, or doing justice to redemptive suffering -- Adrienne Rich and the "long dialogue between art and justice" -- Love and mercy: Toni Morrison's paradox of redemptive suffering -- Ana Castillo, Mexican M.O.M.A.S., and a hermeneutic of liberation -- Silent (in the face of) suffering? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and postcolonial cultural hermeneutics -- Conclusion: learning to learn