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Fictions of proximity : skepticism, romanticism, and the Wallace nexus

Title
Fictions of proximity : skepticism, romanticism, and the Wallace nexus / Tim Personn.
Author
Personn, Tim, 1981-
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]

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Description
1 online resource.
Alternative Title
Skepticism, romanticism, and the Wallace nexus
Subject
  • Wallace, David Foster > Influence
  • Wallace, David Foster > Criticism and interpretation
  • Skepticism in literature
  • Pragmatism in literature
  • Romanticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2023).
Contents
Varieties of post-positivism : pragmatism and romanticism -- "The powerful, dual-functioning part" : romantic subjectivity in David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's Signifying rappers -- 'Looking' in 'horror' or 'ecstasy' : romantic desire in David Markson's Wittgenstein's mistress -- Brechtian rhetoric and Bret Easton Ellis's American psycho -- Aporia in David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest -- "The great unequivocal international gestures" : Benjaminian Gestus in Zadie Smith's The autograph man -- Epilogue : breathing with Wallace.
ISBN
  • 9781666923193
  • 1666923192
LCCN
2023038333
OCLC
2023038333
Author
Personn, Tim, 1981- author.
Title
Fictions of proximity : skepticism, romanticism, and the Wallace nexus / Tim Personn.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2023).
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Print version: Personn, Tim, 1981- Fictions of proximity Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024] 9781666923186 (DLC) 2023038332
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