| Description |
vii, 246 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jane Poyner -- The life and times of Elizabeth Costello : J.M. Coetzee and the public sphere / David Attwell -- The writer, the critic, and the censor : J.M. Coetzee and the question of literature / Peter D. McDonald -- Against allegory : 'Waiting for the barbarians,' 'Life & times of Michael K,' and the question of literary reading / Derek Attridge -- Death and the space of the response to the other in J.M. Coetzee's 'The master of Petersburg' / Michael Marais -- A belief in frogs : J.M. Coetzee's enduring faith in fiction / Dominic Head -- J.M. Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello, and the limits of the sympathetic imagination / Sam Durrant -- Sorry, sorrier, sorriest : the gendering of contrition in J.M. Coetzee's 'Disgrace' / Elleke Boehmer -- Going to the dogs : humanity in J.M. Coetzee's 'Disgrace,' 'The lives of animals,' and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Rosemary Jolly -- What is it like to be a nonracist? : Costello and Coetzee on the lives of animals and men / Michael Bell -- A feminist-vegetarian defense of Elizabeth Costello : a rant from an ethical academic on J.M. Coetzee's 'The life of animals' / Laura Wright -- Textual transvestism : the female voices of J.M. Coetzee / Lucy Graham. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Politics and literature -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.
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Animal rights.
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South Africa -- In literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Poyner, Jane.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0821416863 (alk. paper) |
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0821416871 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780821416860 |
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9780821416877 |
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