Abstract
This chapter has two parts. The first concerns the concept of intuition and how it might relate to the truth in The Childhood of Jesus. The second offers a reading of the novel in relation to Gerald Murnane’s work, further reflecting on the question of how truth might be conveyed in fiction.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | J. M. Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus: The Ethics of Ideas and Things |
Editors | Jennifer Rutherford, Anthony Uhlmann |
Place of Publication | U.S. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Pages | 107-128 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781501318634 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781501318627 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
- Murnane, Gerald, 1939-
- The Childhood of Jesus
- intuition