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The Lives of Animals (1999) is a metafictional novella about animal rights by the South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] The work is introduced by Amy Gutmann and followed by a collection of responses by Marjorie Garber, Peter Singer, Wendy Doniger and Barbara Smuts. [2]
- J. M. Coetzee
- 127 pp
- 1999
- 1999
4 de oct. de 2016 · The Lives of Animals. The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories ...
1 de ene. de 2001 · The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat-eating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories, and laboratories across ...
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- The Philosophers and The Animals
- The Poets and The Animals
- Reflections
John Bernard collects his estranged mother Elizabeth Costellofrom the airport. She has flown in from Australia and will be staying with him for three days while she delivers two guest lectures at Appleton College where John works as a physics professor. At dinner that night, tensions between Elizabeth and Norma, John's wife, resume. They clash over...
Elizabeth goes to bed after returning from the dinner party. John and Norma stay up late discussing what Elizabeth said. The next day John takes Elizabeth to the lecture. He hands her a letter in which a poet named Abraham Stern rebukes Elizabeth for her Holocaust analogy. John has to work so he leaves his mother at the lecture hall. The second lec...
The second half of The Lives of Animals is a series of responses from acclaimed writers and academics who provide reactions and reflections to Coetzee's work. In the case of Marjorie Garber (1944–), Wendy Doniger (1940–), and Barbara Smuts (1950–), these reflections take the form of essays and nonfiction. The philosopher Peter Singer (1946–) writes...
11 de mar. de 2020 · The lives of animals. J.M. Coetzee uses fiction to present a discussion of animal rights in all their complexity. He draws us into his character's own sense of mortality, her compassion for animals, and her alienation from humans, even from her own family.
Study Guide for The Lives of Animals. The Lives of Animals study guide contains a biography of J.M. Coetzee, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. About The Lives of Animals; The Lives of Animals Summary; Character List; Glossary; Themes; Read the Study Guide for The Lives of Animals…
The lives of animals. by. Coetzee, J. M., 1940- author. Publication date. 2016. Topics. Animal rights -- Philosophy, Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, FICTION / General, Animaux -- Protection -- Aspect moral, Animaux -- Droits -- Philosophie. Publisher.
