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The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee

Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
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The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee is a comprehensive scholarly resource that explores the full scope of Coetzee's literary career, from his poetry and essays to his major novels such as Waiting for the Barbarians, Disgrace, and the Jesus novels. The volume includes biographical and archival insights, analyses of his influences spanning Modernism and varied world literatures, and interdisciplinary perspectives touching on visual culture, music, philosophy, computational systems, and translation. It offers a valuable map of current and emerging debates in Coetzee studies and charts future directions in the field.
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Format: Hardback
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This handbook is tailored for scholars, students, and serious readers of J. M. Coetzee seeking detailed academic insight. It suits those interested in literary criticism, comparative literature, and interdisciplinary studies related to one of the most significant contemporary authors.

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J. M. Coetzee – novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2003) – is widely recognised 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.

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The Bloomsbury Handbook to J.M. Coetzee has been praised for its depth and breadth by critics and scholars alike. Australian Book Review notes it is an informative and powerful work, valuable not only to specialists but also to readers inspired by Coetzee's writing. Robert J.C. Young of New York University describes it as extraordinary and exciting, with perceptive essays that prompt fresh engagement with Coetzee's works. The collection avoids reductive criticism, offering thoughtful and challenging perspectives.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350152045

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Contributors:

  • Edited by Dr Andrew van der Vlies
  • Edited by Dr Lucy Valerie Graham

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 960g

Pages: 464

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks

About the Author

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.

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