J. M. Coetzee

Klappentext Examines Coetzee's distinctive contribution to twentieth-century fiction! and to the definition of postmodernism and postcolonialism. Zusammenfassung This 1998 study! Dominic Head shows how Coetzee's work addresses some of the key issues of the twentieth century: the relationship between postmodernism and postcolonialism! the role of history in the novel! and how the author can combine a political consciousness with a commitment to the novel as fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. The writer's place: Coetzee and postcolonial literature; 2. Writing violence: Dusklands; 3. The wrong kind of love: In the Heart of the Country; 4. An ethical awakening: Waiting for the Barbarians; 5. Gardening as resistance: Life and Times of Michael K; 6. The maze of doubting: Foe; 7. A true confession: Age of Iron; 8. Producing the demon: The Master of Petersburg; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Head Dominic, Dominic Head, Dominic (University of Central England Head
• Assisted by: Abiola Irele (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521482325
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48232-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Studies in African &
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures