Born in Cape Town South Africa, John Maxwell Coetzee was the first child of an attorney and a school teacher. Coetzee attended the University of Capetown and graduated in 1960 with a degree in English and in 1961 with a degree in Mathematics. He entered the English PhD program at University of Tex

Elegant, Implosive, Nostalgic

The nineteenth century was a literary age characterized by Realism in prose and Romanticism in poetry. If the poems of Emily Dickinson had been published during her lifetime, however,things might have been very different. Dickinson's work is full of revolutionary impulses, despite her reclusive lifes

Composed, Contemplative, Implosive, Intimate, Minimal, Romantic poetry, Women's literature

Baroque, Beautiful , Composed, Dense, Elegant, Essays, Implosive, Layered, Playful, Postmodern fiction, Repetition, Science fiction, Surreal, Surrealist literature, Whimsical