A Companion to the Works of J. M. Coetzee

New essays providing critical views of Coetzee's major works for the scholar and the general reader.

List of contents

Introduction - Tim Mehigan
Scenes from Provincial Life (1997-2009) - Sue Kossew
Style: Coetzee and Beckett - Chris Ackerley
Dusklands (1974) - David James
In the Heart of the Country (1977) - Derek Attrige
Waiting for the Barbarians (1980) - Mike Marais
Life & Times of Michael K (1983) - Engelhard Weigl
Foe (1986) - Chris Prentice
Age of Iron (1990) - Kim L. Worthington
The Master of Petersburg (1994) - Michelle Kelly
Disgrace (1999) - Simone Drichel
Elizabeth Costello (2003) - James Meffan
Slow Man (2005) - Tim Mehigan
Diary of a Bad Year (2007) - Johan Geertsema
Coetzee's Criticism - Carrol Clarkson
Works Cited
Notes on the Contributors
Index

About the author

Tim Mehigan

Summary

New essays providing critical views of Coetzee's major works for the scholar and the general reader.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Mehigan
• Assisted by: Tim Mehigan (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9781571139023
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-902-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 383 g
• Series: Camden House; Studies in English & American Literature & Culture; Studies in English and American Literature and Culture; Studies in English and America; Studies in English & American Literature & Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Österreich, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Südafrika, Komponisten und Songwriter, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, für bestimmte nationale oder regionale Lehrpläne, LITERARY CRITICISM / African