J.M. Coetzee in Context and Theory.

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Boehmer, Elleke

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TextSeries: Continuum literary studiesPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781441119353
1441119353

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: J.M. Coetzee in Context and Theory.DDC classification:

823.914

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PR9369.3.C58Z735 2009

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Biographies; Introduction; Part I: Context; 1. Post-Apartheid Literature: A Personal View; 2. Elizabeth Costello as Post-Apartheid Text; 3. Coetzee and Gordimer; 4. Wordsworth and the Recollection of South Africa; 5. Border Crossings: Self and Text; 6. Sex, Comedy and Influence: Coetzee's Beckett; Part II: Theory; 7. Writing Desire Responsibly; 8. Literature, History and Folly; 9. Queer Bodies; 10. Eating (Dis)Order: From Metaphoric Cannibalism to Cannibalistic Metaphors; 11. Acts of Mourning; 12. Sublime Abjection.

13. Authenticity: Diaries, Chronicles, Records as Index-Simulations14. Disrupting Inauthentic Readings: Coetzee's Strategies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.

Summary: Nobel Laureate and the first author to win the Booker Prize twice, J.M. Coetzee is perhaps the world''s leading living novelist writing in English. Including an international roster of world leading critics and novelists, and drawing on new research, this innovative book analyses the whole range of Coetzee''s work, from his most recent novels through his memoirs and critical writing. It offers a range of perspectives on his relationship with the historical, political, cultural and social context of South Africa. It also contextualises Coetzee''s work in relation to his literary influences, col.

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Nobel Laureate and the first author to win the Booker Prize twice, J.M. Coetzee is perhaps the world''s leading living novelist writing in English. Including an international roster of world leading critics and novelists, and drawing on new research, this innovative book analyses the whole range of Coetzee''s work, from his most recent novels through his memoirs and critical writing. It offers a range of perspectives on his relationship with the historical, political, cultural and social context of South Africa. It also contextualises Coetzee''s work in relation to his literary influences, col.

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