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Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser.: Cambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace by Ralph Clare (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108451772
ISBN-139781108451772
eBay Product ID (ePID)242715179
Product Key Features
Number of Pages284 Pages
Publication NameCambridge Companion to David Foster Wallace
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectAmerican / General, Semiotics & Theory, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
AuthorRalph Clare
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesCambridge Companions to Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2018-003682
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Volume NumberPt. 1
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813.54
Table Of ContentPart I. Historical and Cultural Contexts: 1. Slacker redemption: Wallace and generation X Marshall Boswell; 2. Wallace and American literature Andrew Hoberek; 3. Wallace's 'bad influence' Lee Konstantinou; Part II. Early Works, Story Collections, and Non-Fiction: 4. Broom of the System and Girl with Curious Hair Matthew Luter; 5. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Adam Kelly; 6. Oblivion David Hering; 7. Wallace's non-fiction Jeffrey Severs; Part III. The Major Novels: 8. Infinite Jest Mary Holland; 9. 'Palely loitering': on not finishing (in) The Pale King Clare Hayes-Brady; Part IV. Themes and Topics: 10. Wallace's aesthetic Robert L. McLaughlin; 11. Wallace and politics Andrew Warren; 12. Wallace, spirituality, and religion Matthew Mullins; 13. Wallace and race Lucas Thompson; 14. Wallace's geographic metafiction Jurrit Daalder; 15. David (Foster) Wallace and the (world) system Joseph Tabbi.
SynopsisThis Companion provides a compelling, comprehensive, and substantive introduction to the work of David Foster Wallace, one of the most important American writers of the contemporary era. The essays within, written by top scholars in the field, will appeal both to the beginning and the more sophisticated Wallace reader., Best known for his masterpiece Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work. Wallace's desire to blend formal innovation and self-reflexivity with the communicative and restorative function of literature resulted in works that appeal as much to a reader's intellect as they do emotion. As such, few writers in recent memory have quite matched his work's intense critical and popular impact. The essays in this Companion, written by top Wallace scholars, offer a historical and cultural context for grasping Wallace's significance, provide rigorous individual readings of each of his major works, whether story collections, non-fiction, or novels, and address the key themes and concerns of these works, including aesthetics, politics, religion and spirituality, race, and post-humanism. This wide-ranging volume is a necessary resource for understanding an author now widely regarded as one of the most influential and important of his time.
LC Classification NumberPS3573.A425635Z58
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