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Elizabeth Costello : eight lessons

Elizabeth Costello is a distinguished and aging Australian novelist whose life is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses. From an award-acceptance speech at a New England liberal arts college to a lecture on evil in Amsterdam and a sexually charged reading by the poet Robert Duncan, Coetzee draws the reader inexorably toward its conclusion.

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  • ISBN: 9780099461920
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    233 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

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Originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 2003.
Formatted Contents Note: Lesson 1. Realism -- Lesson 2. The novel in Africa -- Lesson 3. The lives of animals 1 : the philosophers and the animals -- Lesson 4. The lives of animals 2 : the poets and the animals -- Lesson 5. The humanities in Africa -- Lesson 6. The problem of evil -- Lesson 7. Eros -- Lesson 8. At the gate -- Postscript : Letter of Elizabeth, Lady Chandos.

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Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello
by Coetzee, J. M.
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Elizabeth Costello

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Lesson 1Realismp. 1
Lesson 2The Novel in Africap. 35
Lesson 3The Lives of Animalsp. 59
1    The Philosophers and the Animals
Lesson 4The Lives of Animalsp. 91
2    The Poets and the Animals
Lesson 5The Humanities in Africap. 116
Lesson 6The Problem of Evilp. 156
Lesson 7Erosp. 183
Lesson 8At the Gatep. 193
Postscript: Letter of Elizabeth, Lady Chandosp. 227