J.M. Coetzee and the novel [electronic resource] : writing and politics afer Beckett / by Patrick Hayes. Hayes, Patrick, 1976- Coetzee, J. M., 1940- Criticism and interpretation. Politics and literature. PR9369.3.C58 823.914 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This book argues that the significance of Coetzee's complex & finely-nuanced fiction lies in the acuity with which it both explores & developes the tradition of the novel - ranging from Cervantes, Defoe, & Richardson, to Dostoevsky, Kafka, & Becket - as part of a sustained attempt to rethink the relationship between writing & politics. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (275 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587957.001.0001 eng Oxford English monographs Oxford English monographs.