The unspeakable failures of David Foster Wallace : language, identity, and resistance

The unspeakable failures of David Foster Wallace Language, identity, and resistance

Clare Hayes-Brady

Book - 2016

"A critical overview of the writing of David Foster Wallace, taking his persistent interests in philosophy, language and plurality as points of departure"--

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Subjects
Wallace, David Foster > Criticism and interpretation.
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Clare Hayes-Brady (author)
Physical Description
ix, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781501335846
  • 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: gounding 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
  • Conclusionx.

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