J.M. Coetzee : South Africa and the politics of writing /

David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of the South African novelist J.M. Coetzee, arguing that he has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing his nation's ethical crisis. As a form of "situational metafiction," Coetzee's novels...

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מחבר ראשי: Attwell, David
פורמט: Licensed eBooks
שפה:אנגלית
יצא לאור: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.
סדרה:Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 48.
גישה מקוונת:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=32744
תוכן הענינים:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Contexts: Literary, historical, intellectual
  • "The labyrinth of my history": Dusklands and the heart of the country
  • Reading the signs of history: Waiting for the barbarians
  • Writing in "the cauldrons of history": Life and times of Michael K and Foe
  • Conclusion: Age of iron
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.