{"product_id":"the-bloomsbury-handbook-to-j-m-coetzee-9781350152045","title":"The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee","description":"\u003cp\u003eJ. M. Coetzee - novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2003) - is widely recognized as one of the towering literary figures of the last half century. With chapters written by leading and emerging scholars from across the world, \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive available exploration of the variety, range and significance of his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume covers a wealth of topics, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - The full span of Coetzee's work from his poetry to his essays and major fiction, including \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Barbarians, Disgrace \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eJesus \u003c\/i\u003enovels\u003cbr\u003e- Biographical details and archival approaches\u003cbr\u003e- Coetzee's sources and influences, including engagements with Modernism, South African, Australian, Russian and Latin American literatures\u003cbr\u003e- Interdisciplinary perspectives, including on visual cultures, music, philosophy, computational systems and translation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Bloomsbury Handbook to J. M. Coetzee\u003c\/i\u003e provides indispensable scholarly perspectives, covers emerging debates and maps the future direction of Coetzee studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew van der Vlies \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the Department of English, Creative Writing, and Film at the University of Adelaide, Australia. and Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His previous books include \u003ci\u003ePresent Imperfect: Contemporary South African Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eSouth African Textual Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and, as editor or co-editor, \u003ci\u003ePrint, Text, and Book Cultures in South Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), Zoë Wicomb's \u003ci\u003eRace, Nation, Translation: South African Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and \u003ci\u003eSouth African Writing in Transition \u003c\/i\u003e(2019). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Valerie Graham\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390049653010,"sku":"9781350152045","price":219.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ab6c44e-9100-4f23-bbad-8be25957c234.jpg?v=1728937391","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bloomsbury-handbook-to-j-m-coetzee-9781350152045","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}