Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee is amongst the most acclaimed and widely studied of contemporary authors. The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee provides a compelling introduction for new readers, as well as fresh perspectives and provocations for those long familiar with Coetzee's works. All of Coetzee's published novels and autobiographical fictions are discussed at length, and there is extensive treatment of his translations, scholarly books and essays, and volumes of correspondence. Confronting Coetzee's works on the grounds of his practice, the chapters address his craft, his literary relations and horizons, and the relationship between his writings and other arts, disciplines and institutions. Written by an international team of contributors, this Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to this important writer, establishes new avenues of discovery, and explains Coetzee's undiminished ability to challenge and surprise his readers with inventive works of striking power and intensity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108665544
• Artikelnr.: 66180820

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Jarad Zimbler
Part I. Forms: 1. Composition and craft: Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K David Attwell
2. Scenes and settings: Foe, Boyhood, Youth, Slow Man Meg Samuelson
3. Stories and narration: In the Heart of the Country, The Master of Petersburg, The Childhood of Jesus Jarad Zimbler
4. Styles: Dusklands, Age of Iron, Disgrace, The Schooldays of Jesus David James
5. Genres: Elizabeth Costello, Diary of a Bad Year, Summertime Derek Attridge
Part II. Relations: 6. Translations Jan Steyn
7. Collaboration and correspondence Rachel Bower
8. Criticism and scholarship Sue Kossew
9. Influence and intertextuality Patrick Hayes
10. Worlds, world-making, and Southern horizons Ben Etherington
Part III. Mediations: 11. Other arts and adaptations Michelle Kelly
12. Philosophies Anthony Uhlmann
13. Lives and archives Andrew Dean
14. Publics and personas Andrew van der Vlies
Further reading
Index.