The Cambridge Companion to J. M. Coetzee

ISBN-13: 9781108466738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 132 str.

Jarad Zimbler

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This Companion introduces readers to the writings of Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee. It provides a compelling introduction for new readers, as well as fresh perspectives and provocations for those long familiar with Coetzee's works, including his novels, autobiographical fictions, translations, scholarly books, and volumes of correspondence.

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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.