Elizabeth Costello

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Elizabeth Costello is a 2003 novel by J. M. Coetzee that follows an aging Australian writer whose public lectures and personal crises explore ethics, literature, and the limits of reason.

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Elizabeth Costello canonical 6

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instanceOf book ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedFrom The Lives of Animals ⓘ
author J. M. Coetzee ⓘ
centralTheme animal rights ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
limits of reason ⓘ
literature ⓘ
the nature of belief ⓘ
the problem of evil ⓘ
containsChapter At the Gate ⓘ
Eros ⓘ
linked to: Eros (primordial)

Realism ⓘ
The Humanities in Africa ⓘ
The Lives of Animals ⓘ
The Novel in Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
exploresConcept faith and doubt ⓘ
limits of rational argument ⓘ
the moral status of animals ⓘ
the relationship between fiction and truth ⓘ
the role of the writer ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Blanche Costello ⓘ
Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
Emmanuel Egudu ⓘ
John Costello ⓘ
Norman Costello ⓘ
Paul West ⓘ
mainCharacter Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
narrativeForm linked essays ⓘ
series of lectures ⓘ
notableFor philosophical debates embedded in fiction ⓘ
use of lecture format as narrative device ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonistDescription aging Australian writer ⓘ
publicationYear 2003 ⓘ
publisher Secker & Warburg ⓘ
Viking Penguin ⓘ
linked to: Penguin Books
relatedWorkByAuthor Disgrace ⓘ
Slow Man ⓘ
The Lives of Animals ⓘ
setting Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
structure eight lessons and a postscript ⓘ

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J. M. Coetzee → notableWork → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
Elizabeth Costello → mainCharacter → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
Elizabeth Costello → hasCharacter → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
Slow Man → containsCharacter → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
Slow Man → relatedWork → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
John Maxwell Coetzee → notableWork → Elizabeth Costello ⓘ
subject linked to: John