J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory Book

Introduction 1

Pt. I Context

1 Post-Apartheid Literature: A Personal View Andre Brink Brink, Andre 11

2 Elizabeth Costello as Post-Apartheid Text Louise Bethlehem Bethlehem, Louise 20

3 Coetzee and Gordimer Karina Magdalena Szczurek Szczurek, Karina Magdalena 36

4 Wordsworth and the Recollection of South Africa Pieter Vermeulen Vermeulen, Pieter 47

5 Border Crossings: Self and Text Sue Kossew Kossew, Sue 60

6 Sex, Comedy and Influence: Coetzee's Beckett Derek Attridge Attridge, Derek 71

Pt. II Theory

7 Writing Desire Responsibly Rosemary Jolly Jolly, Rosemary 93

8 Literature, History and Folly Patrick Hayes Hayes, Patrick 112

9 Queer Bodies Elleke Boehmer Boehmer, Elleke 123

10 Eating (Dis)Order: From Metaphoric Cannibalism to Cannibalistic Metaphors Kyoko Yoshida Yoshida, Kyoko 135

11 Acts of Mourning Russell Samolsky Samolsky, Russell 147

12 Sublime Abjection Mark Mathuray Mathuray, Mark 159

13 Authenticity: Diaries, Chronicles, Records as Index-Simulations Anne Haeming Haeming, Anne 173

14 Disrupting Inauthentic Readings: Coetzee's Strategies Katy Iddiols Iddiols, Katy 185

Index 199