This book introduces readers to the literary, philosophical and political contexts of David Foster Wallace's work. Short essays cover topics on gender, sex, violence, race, philosophy, poetry and geography, among many others, guiding new and longstanding readers in understanding the work and influence of this important writer.
This book introduces readers to the literary, philosophical and political contexts of David Foster Wallace's work. Short essays cover topics on gender, sex, violence, race, philosophy, poetry and geography, among many others, guiding new and longstanding readers in understanding the work and influence of this important writer.
Introduction Part I. Context: 1. David Foster Wallace and narratology Pia Masiero 2. A meeting of minds: David Foster Wallace, Vladimir Nabokov and the ethics of empathy Marshall Boswell 3. Writing in a material world: David Foster Wallace and 1980s fiction Ralph Clare 4. Confidence man: Wallace and the American nineteenth century Catherine Toal 5. David Foster Wallace and European literature Lucas Thompson 6. David Foster Wallace and poetry Philip Coleman 7. 'Non'-fiction Martin Eve 8. Thanks everybody and I hope you like it: David Foster Wallace and entertainment Matthew Luter 9. Visual culture Corrie Baldauf Part II. Ideas: 10. Wallace and attention Alice Bennett 11. After analysis: notes on the new sincerity from Wallace to Knausgaard Jon Baskin 12. Perfectionism and the ethics of failure Áine Mahon 13. The pragmatist possibility in David Foster Wallace's writings Antonio Aguilar Vazquez 14. A tale of two theses: system J and The Broom of the System Maureen Eckert 15. Free will and determinism Paul Jenner 16. Mathematics of the infinite Stuart J. Taylor 17. Wallace and existentialism Allard Den Dulk 18. David Foster Wallace and religion Tim Personn 19. Mr. Consciousness Jamie Redgate Part III. Bodies: 20. No ordinary love: David Foster Wallace and sex Emily Russell 21. 'The Limits of His Seductively Fine Mind': Wallace, whiteness and the feminine Daniela Franca Joffe 22. Wallace and masculinity Edward Jackson 23. Theorizing the other Dominik Steinhilber 24. Wallace and disability Peter Sloane 25. Queering Wallace: on the queer history of addiction fiction Vincent Haddad Part IV. Systems: 26. Infinite jest as opiate fiction Alexander Moran 27 David Foster Wallace and racial capitalism Colton Saylor 28. Language and self-creation: David Foster Wallace's many ways of sounding American Mary Shapiro 29. Very old land: David Foster Wallace and the myths and systems of agriculture Jeffrey Severs 30. Ecologies Laurie McRae Andrew 31. 'I Could, If You'd Let Me, Talk and Talk': institutions, dialogue and citizenship in David Foster Wallace Joel Roberts 32. David and Dutch: Wallace, Reagan and the US Presidency David Hering 33. Wallace and publishing Tim Groenland 34. Author here, there and everywhere: Wallace and biography Mike Miley.
Introduction Part I. Context: 1. David Foster Wallace and narratology Pia Masiero 2. A meeting of minds: David Foster Wallace, Vladimir Nabokov and the ethics of empathy Marshall Boswell 3. Writing in a material world: David Foster Wallace and 1980s fiction Ralph Clare 4. Confidence man: Wallace and the American nineteenth century Catherine Toal 5. David Foster Wallace and European literature Lucas Thompson 6. David Foster Wallace and poetry Philip Coleman 7. 'Non'-fiction Martin Eve 8. Thanks everybody and I hope you like it: David Foster Wallace and entertainment Matthew Luter 9. Visual culture Corrie Baldauf Part II. Ideas: 10. Wallace and attention Alice Bennett 11. After analysis: notes on the new sincerity from Wallace to Knausgaard Jon Baskin 12. Perfectionism and the ethics of failure Áine Mahon 13. The pragmatist possibility in David Foster Wallace's writings Antonio Aguilar Vazquez 14. A tale of two theses: system J and The Broom of the System Maureen Eckert 15. Free will and determinism Paul Jenner 16. Mathematics of the infinite Stuart J. Taylor 17. Wallace and existentialism Allard Den Dulk 18. David Foster Wallace and religion Tim Personn 19. Mr. Consciousness Jamie Redgate Part III. Bodies: 20. No ordinary love: David Foster Wallace and sex Emily Russell 21. 'The Limits of His Seductively Fine Mind': Wallace, whiteness and the feminine Daniela Franca Joffe 22. Wallace and masculinity Edward Jackson 23. Theorizing the other Dominik Steinhilber 24. Wallace and disability Peter Sloane 25. Queering Wallace: on the queer history of addiction fiction Vincent Haddad Part IV. Systems: 26. Infinite jest as opiate fiction Alexander Moran 27 David Foster Wallace and racial capitalism Colton Saylor 28. Language and self-creation: David Foster Wallace's many ways of sounding American Mary Shapiro 29. Very old land: David Foster Wallace and the myths and systems of agriculture Jeffrey Severs 30. Ecologies Laurie McRae Andrew 31. 'I Could, If You'd Let Me, Talk and Talk': institutions, dialogue and citizenship in David Foster Wallace Joel Roberts 32. David and Dutch: Wallace, Reagan and the US Presidency David Hering 33. Wallace and publishing Tim Groenland 34. Author here, there and everywhere: Wallace and biography Mike Miley.
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