The narrative game : the reading of David Foster Wallace's infinite jest as play / Rainer Holl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holl, Rainer.

Series:

Compact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature.

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite fest.

Wallace, David Foster.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Anchor Academic Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung In 1996, David Foster Wallace published his second major novel 'Infinite Jest' that changed not only our understanding of what literature can do but, also the way we read literature. Despite its age, the book has not lost a single bit of its fascination, its actuality, and its academic appeal. With its hundreds of characters, thousands of pages, hundreds of endnotes and myriads of different perspectives, sub-plots, and narrative digressions, 'Infinite Jest' was, and still is, an extraordinary challenge for its readers as well as literary critics. One interesting question re

Contents:

The Narrative Game; Table of Contents; The Reading of David Fosters Wallaces ""Infinite Jest"" as Play; Bibliography

Notes:

"Disseminate knowledge"--Cover.

Original title of the thesis: The reading of David Foster Wallace's "infinite jest" as play.

ISBN:

3-95489-557-9

OCLC:

854977225