The Cambridge companion to J.M. Coetzee /
"J. M. Coetzee is the author of thirteen novels, three autobiographical fictions, and several volumes of translations, critical essays, correspondence, and short stories. Born in 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa, and resident there throughout his childhood and for much of his adult life, he has...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Summary: | "J. M. Coetzee is the author of thirteen novels, three autobiographical fictions, and several volumes of translations, critical essays, correspondence, and short stories. Born in 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa, and resident there throughout his childhood and for much of his adult life, he has lived since 2002 in Adelaide, Australia. Claimed initially as a South African author, and subsequently by a host of other constituencies, Coetzee's career has been powerfully shaped by his intimate experiences of apartheid's brutality and the demands of decolonization; the twilight of European imperialism and the persistent inequalities wrought by neo-colonialism and late capitalism; the 'hypercentrality' of the English language and the provinciality of the two settler colonies in which he has made himself at home.1 These experiences are at the heart of all Coetzee's writings, as is his commitment to a rigorous thinking through of literary practice, literary history, and the horizons conditioning literary forms and their expressive possibilities"-- |
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| Physical Description: | lx, 268 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108475341 1108475345 9781108466738 1108466737 |