This book argues that David Foster Wallace failed to provide a response to the existential predicament of our time. Wallace wanted to confront despair through art, but he remained trapped, and his entrapment originates in the 'existentialist contradiction
This book argues that David Foster Wallace failed to provide a response to the existential predicament of our time. Wallace wanted to confront despair through art, but he remained trapped, and his entrapment originates in the 'existentialist contradictionHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paolo Pitari completed a joint PhD in English at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and at LMU Munich. He is the author of numerous academic articles in literature and philosophy. This research was funded by the University of Venice, the JFK Institute of Freie Universität Berlin, and the DAAD.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface: The problem of free will Introduction: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace Part one: Literary truth according to David Foster Wallace Chapter 1: The influence of Leo Tolstoy's What Is Art? on David Foster Wallace's literary project Chapter 2: The influence of Jean-Paul Sartre's "What Is Literature?" on David Foster Wallace's literary project Part two: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace's literary sociology Chapter 3: The system of David Foster Wallace's literary sociology Chapter 4: On narcissism: David Foster Wallace and Christopher Lasch Chapter 5: On morality and the absurd: David Foster Wallace and Zygmunt Bauman Chapter 6: On existentialism and capitalism: David Foster Wallace and Ulrich and Elisabeth Beck Chapter 7: On ontological insecurity: David Foster Wallace and Anthony Giddens Part three: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace's fiction: A comparative reading of Fyodor Dostoevsky and David Foster Wallace Chapter 8: A critical history of the philosophical criticism on Fyodor Dostoevsky and David Foster Wallace Chapter 9: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Bakhtin, and David Foster Wallace: United in existentialism Chapter 10: The problem of free will in Crime and Punishment and The Pale King Bibliography Index
Preface: The problem of free will Introduction: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace Part one: Literary truth according to David Foster Wallace Chapter 1: The influence of Leo Tolstoy's What Is Art? on David Foster Wallace's literary project Chapter 2: The influence of Jean-Paul Sartre's "What Is Literature?" on David Foster Wallace's literary project Part two: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace's literary sociology Chapter 3: The system of David Foster Wallace's literary sociology Chapter 4: On narcissism: David Foster Wallace and Christopher Lasch Chapter 5: On morality and the absurd: David Foster Wallace and Zygmunt Bauman Chapter 6: On existentialism and capitalism: David Foster Wallace and Ulrich and Elisabeth Beck Chapter 7: On ontological insecurity: David Foster Wallace and Anthony Giddens Part three: The problem of free will in David Foster Wallace's fiction: A comparative reading of Fyodor Dostoevsky and David Foster Wallace Chapter 8: A critical history of the philosophical criticism on Fyodor Dostoevsky and David Foster Wallace Chapter 9: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Bakhtin, and David Foster Wallace: United in existentialism Chapter 10: The problem of free will in Crime and Punishment and The Pale King Bibliography Index
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