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Bidding the Animal Àdieu : Grace in J.M. Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals and Disgrace single work   criticism  
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'J.M. Coetzee’s focus on animals in Disgrace and The Lives of Animals forces his readers to question the contours of their ethical frameworks, including the distinction between human and animal realms and whether animals must necessarily compete for imaginative space with human beings. I argue that Coetzee asks us to envision what effect human and animal interactions can have in the midst of trauma, and offers the idea of grace as a surprising, if tentative, answer.' (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Literature and Theology Grounding the Sacred in Literature and the Arts in Australia vol. 31 no. 2 June 2017 12218675 2017 periodical issue

    'The guest editors introduce the special issue, ‘Grounding the Sacred in Literature and the Arts in Australia’. Five of the articles in this issue originated from the conference: Grounding the Sacred in Literature and the Arts, held at Australian Catholic University, Sydney, 23–26 July 2015.'  (Editorial Introduction)

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