J. M. Coetzee and the Limits of the Novel

"This is a major new study of JM Coetzee, one of the most important writers in the post-war period. This the first study that makes use of his archive to provide new sources and contexts for a reading of his novels"--

List of contents

1. 'The Africa within': Dusklands, Satire, and Technologized Man; 2. 'The Congeries that I Bless with the Name of Evil': In the Heart of the Country's Sadian Permutations; 3. 'A Question without an Answer': Bafflement and the Surreal in Waiting for the Barbarians; 4. 'A New Kind of Man': Idiocy, Idleness, and Sovereignty in Life & Times of Michael K; 5. 'The Power of Blackness': Foe and the End of the Novel; 6. A Secular 'State of Grace'?: Age of Iron, Angelhood, and the Heterogeneous; 7. 'No Moral Defense': The Master of Petersburg's Escalations; 8. 'Subjugation, Execution, then Devouring': Clarissa, Animals, and Lucy's Final Word in Disgrace.

About the author

John Bolin is the author of Beckett and the Modern Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and has published widely on modernism and its legacies in post-war literatures. He is a member of the Société d'Études Modernistes and the Modernist Studies Association. He is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter.

Summary

This is a major new study of J. M. Coetzee, one of the most important writers in the post-war period. This the first study that makes use of his archive to provide new sources and contexts for a reading of his novels.

Foreword

This is the first book that reads Coetzee's novels in light of research into his archive of manuscripts and drafts.

Product details

• Authors: John Bolin, John (University of Exeter) Bolin, Bolin John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009179645
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0917964-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, c 1960 to c 1970, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1989, Literary studies: postcolonial literature