J. M. Coetzee’s The Childhood of Jesus

The Ethics of Ideas and Things

AvAnthony Uhlmann,Jennifer Rutherford

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Engelska, 2017

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Since the controversy and acclaim that surrounded the publication of Disgrace (1999), the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature and the publication of Elizabeth Costello: Eight Lessons (both in 2003), J. M. Coetzee's status has begun to steadily rise to the point where he has now outgrown the specialized domain of South African literature. Today he is recognized more simply as one of the most important writers in the English language from the late 20th and early 21st century. Coetzee's productivity and invention has not slowed with old age. The Childhood of Jesus, published in 2013, like Elizabeth Costello, was met with a puzzled reception, as critics struggled to come to terms with its odd setting and structure, its seemingly flat tone, and the strange affectless interactions of its characters. Most puzzling was the central character, David, linked by the title to an idea of Jesus. J.M. Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus: The Ethics of Ideas and Things is at the forefront of an exciting process of critical engagement with this novel, which has begun to uncover its rich dialogue with philosophy, theology, mathematics, politics, and questions of meaning.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-02-09
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781501318634
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)

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Anthony Uhlmann is Director of the Writing and Society Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Beckett and Poststructuralism (1999), Samuel Beckett and the Philosophical Image(2006), and Thinking in Literature (2011). From 2008-2013 he edited the Journal of Beckett Studies.Jennifer Rutherford is Director of the JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She is the author of two books, including Zombies (2013).

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These essays, overlapping in their concerns, offer many useful entries into a puzzling fiction that Rutherford likens to a fairy tale, in that 'it magnifies the darkness and complexity of being human.'

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Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgements1. IntroductionJennifer Rutherford (University of Adelaide, Australia) and Anthony Uhlmann (University of Western Sydney, Australia)Section One: Philological and Philosophical Concerns2. What Does J.M. Coetzee's Novel, The Childhood of Jesus Have To Do with the Childhood of Jesus?Robert Pippin (University of Chicago, USA)3. Pathos of the Future: Writing and Hospitality in Coetzee's The Childhood of JesusJean-Michel Rabaté (University of Pennsylvania, USA)Section Two: Socio-Political Concerns4. Thinking Through Shit in The Childhood of JesusJennifer Rutherford (University of Adelaide, Australia)5. Coetzee's Republic: Plato, Borges, and Migrant Memory In The Childhood Of JesusLynda Ng (Sydney University, Australia) and Paul Sheehan (Macquarie University, Australia)Section Three: Intertextual Concerns6. Creative Intuition: Coetzee, Plato, Bergson and MurnaneAnthony Uhlmann (University of Western Sydney, Australia)7. The Name of the Number: Transfinite Mathematics in The Childhood of JesusBaylee Brits (University of New South Wales, Australia)Section Four: Ethical Concerns8. J. M. Coetzee and the Parental PunctumSue Kossew (Monash University, Australia)9. Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus and the Moral Image of the WorldTim Mehigan (University of Queensland, Australia)10. Beyond the Literary Theme Park: J. M. Coetzee's Late Style in The Childhood of JesusYoshiki Tajiri (The University of Tokyo, Japan)Index

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