J. M. Coetzee

by Dominic Head

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521484235
• ISBN13: 9780521484237
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"