J. M. Coetzee's Poetics of the Child: Arendt, Agamben, and the (Ir)responsibilit

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Tracing how central tensions in J.M. Coetzee's fiction converge in and are made visible by the child figure, this book establishes the centrality of the child to Coetzee's poetics. Through readings of novels from Dusklands to The Schooldays of Jesus, Charlotta Elmgren shows how Coetzee's writing stages the constant interplay between irresponsibility and responsibility—to the self, the other, and the world.In articulating this poetics of (ir)responsibility, Elmgren offers the first sustained engagement with the intersections between Coetzee's work and the philosophical thought of Giorgio Agamben. With reference also to Hannah Arendt's thinking on natality, education, and amor mundi, Elmgren demonstrates the inextricable links in Coetzee's writing between freedom, play, and serious attention to the world.The book identifies five central dynamics of Coetzee's poetics: the child as a figure of truth-telling and authenticity; the ethics of the not-so-other child; the child, new beginnings and care for the world; childish behaviour as perpetual study; and the redemptive potential of infancy. Offering a fresh contribution to the field of literary childhood studies, Elmgren shows the critical possibilities in thinking about—and with—childlike openness and childish experimentation when approaching the writing and reading of the work of J.M. Coetzee and beyond.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Charlotta Elmgren is a researcher and teacher at the Department of English Language and Literature at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

IntroductionThe child in Coetzee: A story waiting to be toldTowards a poetics of the childFrom Levinas and Derrida to Agamben and ArendtWriting and the childThe child as the object of writerly desireThe writer as childConceptions of the child"The child" - a fluid conceptThe child and the fully humanA figure of openness and possibilityOutlineChapter One. The Story of the (Un)Romantic Child: Innocence, Truth, and First Fictions of the SelfFragments of childhoods(Un)Romantic childrenNavigating fictionsMoments of opennessAuthentic encounters: from self to otherChapter Two. Ethics of the Not-so-Other ChildThe savage-as-child-as-selfChildren of ironEthics of indeterminacyChapter Three. The Child Between Past and FutureNatality and the eventWorrying about the childGetting beyond deathAmor mundi and transmissibilityThe interregnum, freedom, and writingPedagogy and playFrom natality to infancyChapter Four. Childish Behaviour: The Poetics of StudyFrom waiting to "pressing on"The incessant shuttling of studyGrasping the potentialities of the presentImpotentiality and the curious state of infancyEmbracing uncertaintyFrom childish to childlikeChapter Five. The Redemptive Nonposition of InfancyThe burdensome search for truthInfancy and language as suchBeing like a child: "the revocation of every vocation"Infancy and ethicsWriting and redemptionCodaReferences

Review

In an assured and insightful reading of J.M. Coetzee's entire oeuvre, Charlotta Elmgren shows convincingly that the child-figure is central to Coetzee's fiction-making—not only as subject, but as an essential feature of his ars poetica. * David Attwell, Professor of Modern Literature, University of York, UK *

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The first sustained study exploring how central tensions in J.M. Coetzee's poetics are made visible by the child figure in works such as Boyhood and The Childhood of Jesus.

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"In an assured and insightful reading of J.M. Coetzee's entire oeuvre, Charlotta Elmgren shows convincingly that the child-figure is central to Coetzee's fiction-making-not only as subject, but as an essential feature of his ars poetica ." -- David Attwell, Professor of Modern Literature, University of York, UK

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The first sustained study exploring how central tensions in J.M. Coetzee's poetics are made visible by the child figure in works such as Boyhood and The Childhood of Jesus .

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The first book-length study to examine the centrality of the child in Coetzee's works using Giorgio Agamben's theories on infancy.

Details ISBN1350249467 Short Title J. M. Coetzee's Poetics of the Child Pages 200 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1350249467 ISBN-13 9781350249462 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-03-24 Subtitle Arendt, Agamben, and the (Ir)responsibilities of Literary Creation DEWEY 823.914 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2022-03-24 UK Release Date 2022-03-24 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Author Dr Charlotta Elmgren Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2022-03-23 We've got this

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