Towards a Poetics of Hope: Simone Weil, Fanny Howe and Alice Walker
Publication Type |
Thesis |
Year of Publication |
2008 |
Author |
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Pages |
189 |
Publisher |
University of Wollongong |
Work Type |
Diss |
Language |
English |
Advisor |
Hawke, John |
Keywords |
Walker, Alice |
Annotation |
Arguing Weil's concept of hope is "found in an illumination of the present by the light of the divine"(1), Howe goes on to use this concept to reflect on the work of Fanny Howe and Alice Walker. In so doing, she pays particular attention to Weil's notion of metaxu or intermediaries, devoting the first chapter of her thesis to a consideration of metaxu in relation to mysticism, suffering, self-renunciation, attention, and literature. Using this discussion Howe turns to the work of Howe and Walker in the next two chapters, analyzing these themes, among others in their work. |
url |
http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=0&article=1548&context=theses&type=additional |