{"product_id":"j-m-coetzees-poetics-of-charlotta-elmgren-9781350249462","title":"J. M. Coetzee's Poetics of the Child: Arendt, Agamben, and the (Ir)responsibilities of Literary Creation","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eDusklands\u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Schooldays of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlotta Elmgren shows how Coetzee's writing stages the constant interplay between irresponsibility and responsibility-to the self, the other, and the world. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eamor mundi\u003c\/i\u003e, Elmgren demonstrates the inextricable links in Coetzee's writing between freedom, play, and serious attention to the world. \u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotta Elmgren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350249467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350249462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d","brand":"Charlotta Elmgren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944630092031,"sku":"9781350249462","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7bb510b1-de9f-413a-aa2d-441aed3d47b0.jpg?v=1681504474","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/j-m-coetzees-poetics-of-charlotta-elmgren-9781350249462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}