J. M. Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus - The Ethics of Ideas and Things

Since the controversy and acclaim that surrounded the publication of Disgrace ( 1999), the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature and the publication of Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons (both in 2003), J. M. Coetzee''s status has begun to steadily rise to the point where he has now outgrown the specialized domain of South African literature. Today he is recognized more simply as one of the most important writers in the English language from the late 20th and early 21st century. Coetzee''s productivity and invention has not slowed with old age. The Childhood of Jesus , published in 2013, like Elizabeth Costello, was met with a puzzled reception, as critics struggled to come to terms with its odd setting and structure, its seemingly flat tone, and the strange affectless interactions of its characters. Most puzzling was the central character, David, linked by the title to an idea of Jesus. J.M. Coetzee''s The Childhood of Jesus: The Ethics of Ideas and Things is at the forefront of an exciting process of critical engagement with this novel, which has begun to uncover its rich dialogue with philosophy, theology, mathematics, politics, and questions of meaning.>

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• Authors: Jennifer Rutherford, Anthony Uhlmann, Anthony (Western Sydney University Austra Uhlmann
• Assisted by: Jennifer Rutherford (Editor), Jennifer (University of Adelaide Rutherford (Editor), Jennifer (University of Adelaide Australia) Rutherford (Editor), Anthony Uhlmann (Editor), Anthony (Western Sydney University Uhlmann (Editor), Anthony (Western Sydney University Australia) Uhlmann (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781501344688
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-4468-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies