Poetry, Justice & the Court
Poetry, Justice & the Court
This chapter presents Kinsella's views about courts and poetry. He believes that rather than functioning as vehicles for depriving individuals and groups of freedom and liberty for their transgressions, courts might serve as places of dialogue on the nature of these transgressions, and the appropriate way of dealing with them. He also argues for a ‘metaphoric’ or ‘figurative’ dialogue, rather than a legal, logical, ‘realistic’ or specific one. The language of courts, seeking to be the most precise form of language, is in fact one of the most poetic.
Keywords: John Kinsella, courts, dialogue, poetry, language
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