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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
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David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other by Béatrice Pire (Editor); Pierre-Louis Patoine (Editor)ISBN: 9781845198404
Publication Date: 2017-06-01
This book counteracts the vision of Wallace's postmodern oeuvre as selfishly self-absorbed, narcissistic, or confining, and it attempts to answer the question of its appeal. Prominent scholars explore varieties of otherness in Wallace's oeuvre by engaging with the dialogue his writing establishes with non-literary discourses, such as cinema, music, religion, and philosophy.
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David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books: Fictions of Value by Jeffrey SeversISBN: 9780231543118
Publication Date: 2016-12-19
Jeffrey Severs offers one of the first critical works that examines the entirety of David Foster Wallace's fiction rather than individual novels. Severs focuses his interpretation of Wallace's work on the author's interest in "value" understood in terms of the incalculable and the calculable. This approach, Severs argues, allows a reading of Wallace that illuminates both the philosophical and moral ambition of his work but also positions him as a writer very much engaged in political and economic issues.
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David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form by David HeringISBN: 9781628920581
Publication Date: 2016-09-08
In David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form, David Hering analyses the structures of David Foster Wallace's fiction, from his debut The Broom of the System to his final unfinished novel The Pale King. Incorporating extensive analysis of Wallace's drafts, notes and letters, and taking account of the rapidly expanding field of Wallace scholarship, this book argues that the form of Wallace's fiction is always inextricably bound up within an ongoing conflict between the monologic and the dialogic.
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The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction by Adam S. MillerISBN: 9781474237000
Publication Date: 2016-02-25
The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes in the work of one of America's most celebrated contemporary novelists. In a series of short, topic-focused chapters, the book joins a selection of key scenes from Wallace's novels Infinite Jest and The Pale King with clear explanations of how they contribute to his overall account of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century.
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David Foster Wallace by Philip Coleman (Editor)ISBN: 9781619255135
Publication Date: 2015-04-10
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer David Foster Wallace was known for his experimental writing style influenced by contemporary American culture. Essays from his most noted works, including his critically acclaimed novel, Infinite Jest, survey the various themes that appear in his work such as his exploration of philosophy, meta-fiction, satire, psychology, and the irony of postmodernism.
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The Legacy of David Foster Wallace by Samuel S. Cohen; Lee KonstantinouISBN: 9781609381042
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
In a sweeping portrait of Wallace's writing and thought and as a measure of his importance in literary history, The Legacy of David Foster Wallace gathers cutting-edge, field-defining scholarship by critics alongside remembrances by many of his writer friends, who include some of the world's most influential authors. In this elegant volume, literary critics scrutinize the existing Wallace scholarship and at the same time pioneer new ways of understanding Wallace's fiction and journalism.
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