J.M. Coetzee : South Africa and the politics of writing / David Attwell.

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Attwell, David

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9780520912519
0520912519
0585224234
9780585224237
0520078101
9780520078109
0520078128
9780520078123
0864862474
9780864862471

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: J.M. Coetzee.DDC classification:

823 20

LOC classification:

PR9369.3.C58 Z635 1993eb

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18.07
HP 3341

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Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contexts: Literary, historical, intellectual -- "The labyrinth of my history": Dusklands and the heart of the country -- Reading the signs of history: Waiting for the barbarians -- Writing in "the cauldrons of history": Life and times of Michael K and Foe -- Conclusion: Age of iron -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.

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Summary: David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of the South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, arguing that he has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing his nation's ethical crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's novels are shown to reconstruct and critique some of the key discourses in the history of colonialism and apartheid from the eighteenth century to the present. While self-conscious about fiction-making, Coetzee's work takes seriously the condition of the society in which it is produced. Attwell begins by describing the intellectual and political contexts of Coetzee's fiction. He proceeds with a developmental analysis of the corpus of six novels, drawing on Coetzee's other writings in stylistics, literary criticism, translation, political journalism, and popular culture. Attwell's elegantly written analysis deals both with Coetzee's subversion of the dominant culture around him and with his ability to grasp the complexities of giving voice to the anguish of South Africa

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144) and index.

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David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of the South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, arguing that he has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing his nation's ethical crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's novels are shown to reconstruct and critique some of the key discourses in the history of colonialism and apartheid from the eighteenth century to the present. While self-conscious about fiction-making, Coetzee's work takes seriously the condition of the society in which it is produced. Attwell begins by describing the intellectual and political contexts of Coetzee's fiction. He proceeds with a developmental analysis of the corpus of six novels, drawing on Coetzee's other writings in stylistics, literary criticism, translation, political journalism, and popular culture. Attwell's elegantly written analysis deals both with Coetzee's subversion of the dominant culture around him and with his ability to grasp the complexities of giving voice to the anguish of South Africa

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