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The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee

The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lucy Valerie Graham (Editor), Andrew Van Der Vlies (Editor)Series:Bloomsbury HandbooksPublish date:2023-09-21Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350152045ISBN-10:1350152048UPC:9781350152045Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Modern, AfricanBook Topic:21st CenturySize:9.61 x 6.69 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SCK9FXB5ZQ

J. M. Coetzee - novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2003) - is widely recognized as one of the towering literary figures of the last half century. With chapters written by leading and emerging scholars from across the world, The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee offers the most comprehensive available exploration of the variety, range and significance of his work.

The volume covers a wealth of topics, including:

- The full span of Coetzee's work from his poetry to his essays and major fiction, including Waiting for the Barbarians, Disgrace and the Jesus novels
- Biographical details and archival approaches
- Coetzee's sources and influences, including engagements with Modernism, South African, Australian, Russian and Latin American literatures
- Interdisciplinary perspectives, including on visual cultures, music, philosophy, computational systems and translation.

The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee provides indispensable scholarly perspectives, covers emerging debates and maps the future direction of Coetzee studies.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350152045ISBN-10:1350152048UPC:9781350152045Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Modern, AfricanBook Topic:21st CenturySize:9.61 x 6.69 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SCK9FXB5ZQ

Andrew van der Vlies is Professor in the Department of English, Creative Writing, and Film at the University of Adelaide, Australia. and Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His previous books include Present Imperfect: Contemporary South African Writing (2017), South African Textual Cultures (2007), and, as editor or co-editor, Print, Text, and Book Cultures in South Africa (2012), Zoë Wicomb's Race, Nation, Translation: South African Essays (2018), and South African Writing in Transition (2019).

Lucy Valerie Graham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Contributor(s)

Lucy Valerie Graham (Editor), Andrew Van Der Vlies (Editor)

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