J. M. Coetzee by Dominic Head

J. M. Coetzee by Dominic Head

The importance of J. M. Coetzee in the development of twentieth-century fiction is widely recognised. His work addresses some of the key issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: the relationship between postmodernism and postcolonialism, the role of history in the novel, and the question of how the author can combine an ethical and political consciousness with a commitment to the novel as a work of fiction. In this study, written in 1998, Dominic Head assesses Coetzee's position as a white South African writer engaged with the legacy of colonialism. Through close readings of all the novels, Head shows how Coetzee inhabits a transitional site between Europe and Africa, and it is from this position that his more general concerns emerge. Coetzee's engagement with the problems facing the postcolonial writer, Head argues, is always enriched by his awareness of a wider literary tradition.

Review of the hardback: 'Dominic Head's monograph on JM. Coetzee is an excellent in-depth study of the novels, from which specialists and more general readers alike are stand to gain important insights into the complex make-up of the author's texts.' Zeitschrift für Anglistik unk Amerikanistik

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ISBN 13	9780521482325
ISBN 10	0521482321
Title	J. M. Coetzee
Author	Dominic Head
Series	Cambridge Studies In African And Caribbean Literature
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1998-01-29
Number of pages	212
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