The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace: Language, Identity, and Resistance

by Clare Hayes-Brady

Book Overview

This book examines the writing of David Foster Wallace, hailed as the voice of a generation on his death. Critics have identified horror of solipsism, obsession with sincerity and a corresponding ambivalence regarding postmodern irony, and detailed attention to contemporary culture as the central elements of Wallace's writing. Clare Hayes-Brady draws on the evolving discourses of Wallace studies, focusing on the unifying anti-teleology of his writing,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501313525
• ISBN13: 9781501313523
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"