A Companion to David Foster Wallace Studies [electronic resource] /
Boswell, M.editor.
Burn, S.editor.
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.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations                            ; Preface              ; 1 Almost a Novel: The Broom of the System                                                ; 2 A Fiction of Response: Girl with Curious Hair in Context                                                                 ; 3 David Foster Wallace and the Mathematics of Infinity
4 "Webs of Nerves Pulsing and Firing": Infinite Jest and the Science of Mind                                                                                   5 "Location's Location": Placing David Foster Wallace                                                            ; 6 Mediated Immediacy in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men                                                                ; 7 " . . . ": Language, Gender, and Modes of Power in the Work of David Foster Wallace
8 "The Constant Monologue Inside Your Head": Oblivion and the Nightmare of Consciousness                                                                                               9 "The Chains of Not Choosing": Free Will and Faith in William James and David Foster Wallace                                                                                                    ; 10 The Pale King , Or, The White Visitation                                                  ; 11 The Novel after David Foster Wallace                                              ; Works Cited
Notes on Contributors                            Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Wallace, David Foster
Culture—Study and teaching.
America—Literatures.
Literature.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
North American Literature.
Literature, general.
Twentieth-Century Literature.