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David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, Second Edition : A Reader's Guide by Stephen J. Burn (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101441157077
ISBN-139781441157072
eBay Product ID (ePID)92942858
Product Key Features
Number of Pages144 Pages
Publication NameDavid Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, Second Edition : a Reader's Guide
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
SubjectGeneral, American / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorStephen J. Burn
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-046831
Reviews"Burn does a fantastic job of showing how the novel is put together without succumbing to the temptation of overexplaining things." -- Matt Kavanagh, The Globe and Mail, &"Burn does a fantastic job of showing how the novel is put together without succumbing to the temptation of overexplaining things.&" -- Matt Kavanagh, The Globe and Mail
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813.54
Table Of ContentPreface to the Second Edition Chronology 1. Infinite Jest and the Twentieth Century: David Foster Wallace's Legacy2. Problems in David Foster Wallace's Poetics3. The NovelEpilogue: Wallace's Millennial FictionsAppendix: The Chronology of Infinite Jest Notes Works CitedIndex
SynopsisInfinite Jest has been hailed as one the great modern American novels and its author, David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008, as one of the most influential and innovative authors of the past 20 years. Don DeLillo called Infinite Jest a "three-stage rocket to the future," a work "equal to the huge, babbling spin-out sweep of contemporary life," while Time Magazine included Infinite Jest on its list of 100 Greatest Novels published between 1923-2006. David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide was the first book to be published on the novel and is a key reference for those who wish to explore further. Infinite Jest has become an exemplar for difficulty in contemporary Fiction-its 1,079 pages full of verbal invention, oblique narration, and a scattered, nonlinear, chronology. In this comprehensively revised second edition, Burn maps Wallace's influence on contemporary American fiction, outlines Wallace's poetics, and provides a full-length study of the novel, drawing out the most important themes and ideas, before surveying Wallace's post-Infinite Jest output, including The Pale King.
LC Classification NumberPS3573.A425635I5433
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