The Slow Philosophy of J. M. Coetzee

In The Slow Philosophy of J.M. Coetzee Jan Wilm analyses Coetzee's singular aesthetic style which, he argues, provokes the reader to read his works slowly. The effected 'slow reading' is developed into a method specifically geared to analyzing Coetzee's singular oeuvre, and it is shown that his works productively decelerate the reading process only to dynamize the reader's reflexion in a way that may be termed philosophical. Drawing on fresh archival material, this is the first study of its kind to explore Coetzee's writing process as already slow; as a program of seemingly relentless revision which brings forth his uniquely dense and crystalline style. Through the incorporation of material from drafts and notebooks, this study is also the first to combine an exploration of the writer's stylistic choices with a rigorous analysis of the reader's responses. The book includes close readings of Coetzee's popular and lesser known work, including Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians, Elizabeth Costello, Life and Times of Michael K and Slow Man.

Jan Wilm is a Lecturer in English Literature at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. He is co-editor, with Mark Nixon, of Samuel Beckett und die deutsche Literatur (2013).

1. Teacher of Slow Reading – An Introduction
2. I do not normally write in a rushed manner – Coetzee as a Slow Writer
3. A goblin: why? – Coetzee's Questions
4. The sentence he will recognize at once – Coetzee's Slowing Syntax
5. Meerlust – Coetzee and Literalness
6. We make a leap – Coetzee's Gaps
7. The legacy of Socrates – Dialogue in and with Coetzee
8. A strange ending to a strange talk – Coetzee's Open-Ended Endings
9. An empty cube – Coetzee's Irreal Worlds
10. When all else fails, philosophize – A Philosophizing Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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