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The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace
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Description
She argues that Wallace's work is most unified by its resistance to closure, which pervades the structural, narrative and stylistic elements of his writing. Taking a broadly thematic approach to the numerous types of 'failure', or lack of completion, visible throughout his work, the book offers a framework within which to read Wallace's work as a coherent whole, rather than split along the lines of fiction versus non-fiction, or pre- and post-Infinite Jest, two critical positions that have become dominant over the last five years. While demonstrating the centrality of 'failure', the book also explores Wallace's approach to sincere communication as a recurring response to what he saw as the inane, self-absorbed commodification of language and society, along with less explored themes such as gender, naming and heroism.
Situating Wallace as both a product of his time and an artist sui generis, Hayes-Brady details his abiding interest in philosophy, language and the struggle for an authentic self in late-twentieth-century America.
Product details
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 234
- Release Date:
- 2016-02-25
- Publication Date:
- 2016-02-25
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury 3PL
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 1501313525
- ISBN13:
- 9781501313523
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 496 g
- Height:
- 157 cm
- Width:
- 235 cm
- Thickness:
- 17 cm
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