Understanding David Foster Wallace
By: Marshall Boswell.
Series: Understanding contemporary American literature
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Wallace, David Foster -- Criticism and interpretation.; Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
Description: "In Understanding David Foster Wallace, Marshall Boswell examines the four major works of fiction Wallace has published thus far: the novels The Broom of the System and Infinite Jest and the story collections Girl with Curious Hair and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. In his readings of these works, Boswell affirms that Wallace, though still young, compels our attention not only for the singular excellence of his work but, perhaps more important, for his groundbreaking effort to chart a fruitful and affirmative new direction for the literary novel at a time of bleak prospects."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cynicism and Naivete : Modernism's third wave; title: The broom of the system : Wittgenstein and the rules of the game; title: Girl with curious hair : inside and outside the set; title: Infinite jest : too much fun for anyone mortal to hope to endure; title: Brief interview with hideous men : interrogations and consolidations.