New essays examining the intellectual allegiances of Coetzee, arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of fiction in English today and a deeply intellectual and philosophical writer. 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.

About the Author
CHRISTIAN MOSER is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn. CHRISTIAN MOSER is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Bonn. Patrick W Hayes is a marine environmental historian, having completed his doctorate at Trinity College, Dublin

Reviews
Gathers together some of the world's leading Coetzee scholars and philosophers in an attempt to explore not just the influence but the mechanics of the influence that Coetzee's reading has had on his work...This is a collection that those who are interested in the work of Coetzee should read. The essays are excellent [and] ultimately remind the reader that the key to unfolding the difficult, elliptical, bewildering moments of Coetzee's fiction might lie in the conversations that it holds with the works of others. * WASAFIRI *



Book Information
ISBN 9781571139764
Author Tim Mehigan
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Camden House Inc
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g