childhood, 12, 41, 68, 84, 135, 140, 151, 165, 310, 345–363

children, 9, 21, 25–26, 30, 33, 68–70, 82, 126, 128, 134, 136–139, 141–142, 144n6, 145n10, 145n13, 151, 153–154, 156, 161, 286, 294–295, 349–354, 356, 358, 367–384, 386n8

Christian, 19–22, 25–26, 28, 38, 136, 138, 145n12, 174–175, 206, 236n4, 298, 356, 370–371, 409

Chronicles of Narnia, 367, 370, 373–374

Coe, Richard N., 346–347, 354, 363, 365

Coetzee, J. M., 3, 9, 11–12, 285–286, 290, 293–294, 300–301, 302nn1–2, 302n4, 303, 345–346, 348–352, 354–355, 357–360, 362–365

Collins, Wilkie, 102, 105, 106n2, 107

commandment, 26, 38–39, 44, 50, 306

commitment, 13, 53, 158, 202, 206, 230, 261, 263–264, 268, 272, 372, 374, 379, 401

Conan Doyle, Arthur, 10, 109, 111

context, 12, 17, 39, 44, 54, 56, 61, 113, 118, 120, 126, 128, 137–138, 145nn13–14, 174, 177, 188, 196n21, 206, 223, 229, 243, 247–248, 255–256, 267, 269, 273–275, 278, 282n4, 306, 323n12, 329, 353, 357, 368, 376, 394

Conrad, Joseph, 10, 127, 327–329, 335, 339–340, 342n7, 343–344, 421

Conway, Jill Ker, 11–12, 345–346, 348–357, 361–363, 365

de Man, Paul, 50–51, 265, 267, 273–281, 283n12, 284, 322n1

death, 9, 31, 41, 71, 78, 82, 86n3, 92–93, 95, 101–102, 105, 116, 138, 196n20, 209, 222, 224, 234, 246, 305–321, 323n13, 327, 329–330, 332, 335, 337, 350, 367–384, 385nn2–5, 386nn7–8, 392, 406

deconstruction, 18, 40, 48, 52, 54, 56–57, 63–65, 122, 228, 261, 264, 271, 324

Derrida, Jacques, 3, 7–8, 12, 14–32, 34n4, 35, 40, 44–45, 48–59, 61–64, 262–263, 266–271, 275–278, 280, 283n8, 283n12, 284, 290, 295, 300, 303, 306, 312, 317, 319–320, 323n11, 323n13, 324, 369–371, 373, 376–380, 383–384, 385n6, 399, 405–406, 409, 416

desire, 1, 6, 10–11, 23, 38–39, 42–45, 50, 94, 112, 114, 125, 128, 130–134, 136–141, 145n13, 145n16, 150, 158–159, 161, 164, 185–186, 190, 194n6, 204–206, 213, 217, 228–229, 231, 253, 255–256, 264, 288–296, 299–301, 328, 336, 338–341, 380–381, 398–399

Dickens, Charles, 93, 100–103, 107–108

Disgrace, 3, 9, 285–301, 302nn1–4

Diver, Maud, 128–129, 131, 135, 142, 145nn12–13, 146–147

Donner la mort, 15–16, 34n4, 35

Dubliners, 207–208, 213, 218–219, 227