Towards an archaeology of Dusklands
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Date
2011
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Institute for the Study of English in Africa
Abstract
This essay seeks to explore the question of origins: the beginnings of the literary career of arguably South Africa's most significant author, and the development of a form of authorship that was, at its inception, situated both locally and globally. An archaeology of the publication history of the debut novel Dusklands (1974) can shed light on the emergence of a particularly complex form of transnational authorship that J. M. Coetzee came to assume, a form locating itself within the South African literary landscape while simultaneously connecting itself to broader international literary currents.
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Coetzee's public persona, Archaeology of the book, Dusklands, Coetzee, J.M.
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Wittenberg, H. (2011). Towards an archaeology of Dusklands. English in Africa, 38(3): 71-89