J.m. Coetzee - South Africa and the Politics of Writing

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About the author

David Attwell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Attwell is also the editor of J.M. Coetzee, Doubling the Point: Essays and Interviews (1992).

Summary

This treatise defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that he absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing the ethical tensions of the South African crisis. It describes the political contexts surrounding his novels.

Product details

• Authors: David Attwell, Attwell David
• Assisted by: David Attwell (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.1993
• EAN: 9780520078123
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07812-3
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Perspectives on Southern Afric; Perspectives on Southern Africa; Perspectives on Southern Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Republic of South Africa, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form