Boswell / Burn A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-07834-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wa ll ace is designed as a professional study of all of Wallace's creative work. This volume includes both thematic essays and focused examinations of each of his major works of fiction.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boswell, M.

Burn, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Almost a Novel: The Broom of the System ; Patrick O'Donnell 2. A Fiction of Response: Girl with Curious Hair in Context; Kasia Boddy 3. David Foster Wallace and the Mathematics of Infinity; Roberto Natalini 4. "Webs of Nerves Pulsing and Firing': Infinite Jest and the Science of Mind; Stephen J. Burn 5. Location's Location: Placing David Foster Wallace; Paul Quinn 6. Mediated Immediacy in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men ; Mary K. Holland 7. '…': Language, Gender, and Modes of Power in the Work of David Foster Wallace; Claire Hayes-Brady 8. 'The Constant Monologue Inside Your Head': Oblivion and the Nightmare of Consciousness; Marshal Boswell 9. 'The Chains of Not Choosing': Free Will and Faith in William James and David Foster Wallace; David H. Evans 10. The Pale King , or, The White Visitation; Brian McHale 11. The Novel After David Foster Wallace; Andrew Hoberek

Über Autor(innen)

Kasia Boddy, Cambridge University, UK
David H. Evans, Dalhousie University, USA
Claire Hayes Brady, Trinity College Dublin, UK
Andrew Hoberek, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Mary Holland, SUNY New Paltz, USA
Brian McHale, Ohio State University, USA
Roberto Natalini, Università di Roma, Italy
Patrick O'Donnell, Michigan State University, USA
Paul Quinn, freelance writer