| The Intellectual Landscape in the Works of J. M. Coetzee Contributor(s): Mehigan, Tim (Editor), Moser, Christian (Editor), Honold, Alexander (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1571139761 ISBN-13: 9781571139764 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 2017053985 |
| Series: Studies in English and American Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.60 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the visible superstructure of his works is moved from below by a vast substructure of ideas, we are still far from grasping Coetzee's intellectual allegiances as a whole. This book sets out to examine these allegiances in ways not attempted before, by bringing leadingfigures in the philosophy of literary fiction and ethics together with leading Coetzee scholars. The book is organized into three parts: the first part evaluates Coetzee with respect to notions of truth and justification. At issue is how the reader is to understand the ground on which Coetzee builds his ethical commitments. The second part considers the problem of language, in which ethics is rooted and on which it depends. The chapters of the third partposition Coetzee's writing with respect to notions of social and moral solidarity, where, in regard to literature as such or experience as such, philosophy and literature together exercise an unrivaled right to be heard. Contributors: Elisa Aaltola, Derek Attridge, David Attwell, Maria Boletsi, Carrol Clarkson, Simon During, Patrick Hayes, Alexander Honold, Anton Leist, Tim Mehigan, Christian Moser, Robert B. Pippin, Robert Stockhammer, Markus Winkler, Martin Woessner. Tim Mehigan is Deputy Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. Christian Moser is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mehigan, Tim: - Tim Mehigan is professor of German and head of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Melbourne. |