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