Drawing on a range of theoretical ideas and approaches, this book illuminates Coetzee's texts including: deconstruction and the 'school of singularity', ethics and power, gender studies, queer theory, issues surrounding the body and animal rights.

Foreword: Elleke Boehmer, Robert Eaglestone, Katy Iddiols; Part I: Context; 1. Post-Apartheid Literature: A Personal View, Andre Brink (University of Cape Town); 2. Elizabeth Costello as Post-Apartheid Literature, Louise Bethlehem (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); 3. Post-Apartheid Literature and Elizabeth Costello, Karina Magdalena Szczurek; 4. South Africa and The Nobel Laureate, Neelika Jayawardane (SUNY Oswego); 5. Coetzee, Wordsworth and South African Prose, Pieter Vermeulen (Flemish Fund for Scientific Research); 6. Coetzee and Genocide, Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London); 7. Australia?, Sue Kossew (University of New South Wales); Part 2: Theory; 8. Coetzee's Artists, Coetzee's Art, Derek Attridge (University of York); 9. Desire and ethics, Rosemary Jolly (Queen's University); 10. Comedy, Patrick Hayes (St John's College, Oxford); 11. Coetzee's Queer Body, Elleke Boehmer (Royal Holloway, University of London); 12. Eating, Kyoko Yoshida (Keio University); 13. Mourning, Russell Samolsky (University of California, Santa Barbara); 14. Validation and Narration, Katy Iddiols (Royal Holloway, University of London); 15. Authenticity, Anne Haeming (University of Konstanz); Bibliography; Index.

J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory stands out among the growing number of works focusing on the work of the 2003 Nobel Prize winner as a comprehensive and innovative contribution to the author's critical writing, novels and memoirs.

This work draws on a wide range of theoretical ideas and approaches to illuminate Coetzee's texts including: deconstruction and the ‘school of singularity', ethics and power, gender studies, queer theory, issues surrounding the body and animal rights.