J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory

This work draws on a wide range of theoretical ideas and approaches to illuminate Coetzee's texts including: deconstruction and the 'school of singularity', ethics and power, gender studies, queer theory, issues surrounding the body and animal rights.

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, UK. Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Katy Iddiols teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Biographies	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Context
Post-Apartheid Literature: A Personal View	p. 11
Elizabeth Costello as Post-Apartheid Text	p. 20
Coetzee and Gordimer	p. 36
Wordsworth and the Recollection of South Africa	p. 47
Border Crossings: Self and Text	p. 60
Sex, Comedy and Influence: Coetzee's Beckett	p. 71
Theory
Writing Desire Responsibly	p. 93
Literature, History and Folly	p. 112
Queer Bodies	p. 123
Eating (Dis) Order: From Metaphoric Cannibalism to Cannibalistic Metaphors	p. 135
Acts of Mourning	p. 147
Sublime Abjection	p. 159
Authenticity: Diaries, Chronicles, Records as Index-Simulations	p. 173
Disrupting Inauthentic Readings: Coetzee's Strategies	p. 185
Index	p. 199
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