The legacy of David Foster Wallace / edited by Samuel Cohen and Lee Konstantinou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Samuel S.

Konstantinou, Lee.

Series:

New American canon : the Iowa series in contemporary literature and culture.

The new American canon : the Iowa series in contemporary literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wallace, David Foster--Criticism and interpretation.

Wallace, David Foster.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2012]

Summary:

Considered By Many to be the Greatest Writer of his Generation. David Foster Wallace was at the Height of His Creative Powers When he Committed Suicide in 2008. In a Sweeping Portrait of Wallace's Writing and Thought and as a Measure of his, Importance in Literary History. The Legacy of David Foster Wallace Gathers Cutting-Edge, Field-Defining Scholarship by Critics Alongside Remembrances by Many of his Writer Friends, Who Include Some of the World's Most Influential Authors. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 History

All Swallowed Up: David Foster Wallace and American Literature / Paul Giles Giles, Paul 3

Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 / Don Delillo Delillo, Don 23

Getting Away from It All: The Literary Journalism of David Foster Wallace and Nietzsche's Concept of Oblivion / Josh Roiland Roiland, Josh 25

Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 / George Saunders Saunders, George 53

Part 2 Aesthetics

To Wish to Try to Sing to the Next Generation: Infinite Jest's History / Samuel Cohen Cohen, Samuel 59

Tribute Written for Wallace Family Memorial Book, 2008 / Rick Moody Moody, Rick 80

No Bull: David Foster Wallace and Postironic Belief / Lee Konstantinou Konstantinou, Lee 83

An Interview with David Foster Wallace / David Lipsky Lipsky, David 113

Infinite Jest's Environmental Case for Disgust / Heather Houser Houser, Heather 118

Foreword to Tenth Anniversary Edition of Infinite Jest / Dave Eggers Eggers, Dave 143

Part 3 Community

Becoming Yourself: The Afterlife of Reception / Ed Finn Finn, Ed 151

Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 / Jonathan Franzen Franzen, Jonathan 177

Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network / Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Kathleen 182

On Editing David Foster Wallace: An Interview / Michael Pietsch Pietsch, Michael, Rick Moody Moody, Rick 208

Consider the Footnote / Ira B. Nadel Nadel, Ira B. 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781609380823

1609380827

9781609381042

1609381041

OCLC:

759395858