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The unspeakable failures of David Foster Wallace : language, identity, and resistance
- Title
- The unspeakable failures of David Foster Wallace : language, identity, and resistance / Clare Hayes-Brady.
- Author
- Hayes-Brady, Clare
- Publication
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-3736 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 222 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A critical overview of the writing of David Foster Wallace, taking his persistent interests in philosophy, language and plurality as points of departure"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "I'm a Man of My- " Wallace and the Incomplete -- 3. "It's Just the Texture of the World I Live in": Wallace and the World -- 4. The Book, the Broom, and the Ladder: Grounding Philosophy -- 5. "Something to Do with Love": Writing and the Process of Communication -- 6. Narcissism, Alienation, and Commun(al)ity -- 7. Vocal Instability and Narrative Structure -- 8. "Personally I'm Neutral on the Menstruation Point": Gender, Difference, and the Body -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3736
- ISBN
- 9781501313523
- 1501313525
- 9781501335846
- 1501335847
- LCCN
- 2015022833
- 40025813783
- OCLC
- 908262517
- Author
- Hayes-Brady, Clare, author.
- Title
- The unspeakable failures of David Foster Wallace : language, identity, and resistance / Clare Hayes-Brady.
- Publisher
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40025813783
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3736