David Foster Wallace and the body / Peter Sloane.
| Author/creator | Sloane, Peter |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 32 |
| Contents | Introduction : it is at the level of the body that we proceed -- Corporeal punishment : the body as agent (provocateur) -- ©œcorch©♭ style : David Foster Wallace's anatomical poetics -- Frantic pistons and yielding curves : gender and the (com)modification of desire -- Hideously defective : disfigurement, disability, and "crip humour" -- Weak evils : the ageing body -- So much vapor aloft : drugs, (idio-)disincarnation, and idio-metempsychosis. |
| Abstract | "David Foster Wallace and the Body is the first full-length study to focus on Wallace's career-long fascination with the human body and the textual representation of the body. The book provides engaging, accessible close readings that highlight the importance of the overlooked, and yet central theme of all of this major American author's works: having a body. Wallace repeatedly made clear that good fiction is about what it means to be a 'human being'. A large part of what that means is having a body, and being conscious of the conflicts that arise, morally and physically, as a result; a fact with which, as Wallace forcefully and convincingly argues, we all desire 'to be reconciled'"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019009742 |
| ISBN | 9780367225223 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |