J.M. Coetzee in Context and Theory

Foreword: Elleke Boehmer, Robert Eaglestone, Katy Iddiols; Part I: Context; 1. Post-Apartheid Literature: A Personal View, Andre Brink (University of Cape Town); 2. Elizabeth Costello as Post-Apartheid Literature, Louise Bethlehem (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); 3. Post-Apartheid Literature and Elizabeth Costello, Karina Magdalena Szczurek; 4. South Africa and The Nobel Laureate, Neelika Jayawardane (SUNY Oswego); 5. Coetzee, Wordsworth and South African Prose, Pieter Vermeulen (Flemish Fund for Scientific Research); 6. Coetzee and Genocide, Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London); 7. Australia?, Sue Kossew (University of New South Wales); Part 2: Theory; 8. Coetzee's Artists, Coetzee's Art, Derek Attridge (University of York); 9. Desire and ethics, Rosemary Jolly (Queen's University); 10. Comedy, Patrick Hayes (St John's College, Oxford); 11. Coetzee's Queer Body, Elleke Boehmer (Royal Holloway, University of London); 12. Eating, Kyoko Yoshida (Keio University); 13. Mourning, Russell Samolsky (University of California, Santa Barbara); 14. Validation and Narration, Katy Iddiols (Royal Holloway, University of London); 15. Authenticity, Anne Haeming (University of Konstanz); Bibliography; Index.

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

J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory stands out among the growing number of works focusing on the work of the 2003 Nobel Prize winner as a comprehensive and innovative contribution to the author's critical writing, novels and memoirs.--Sanford Lakoff