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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2022
      December 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009064545
      9781316513323
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009064545
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.83kg, 452 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature after 1945
      Series:
      Literature in Context
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature after 1945
    Series:
    Literature in Context
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    David Foster Wallace is regarded as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book introduces readers to the literary, philosophical and political contexts of Wallace's work. An accessible and useable resource, this volume conceptualizes his work within long-standing critical traditions and with a new awareness of his importance for American literary studies. It shows the range of issues and contexts that inform the work and reading of David Foster Wallace, connecting his writing to diverse ideas, periods and themes. Essays cover topics on gender, sex, violence, race, philosophy, poetry and geography, among many others, guiding new and long-standing readers in understanding the work and influence of this important writer.

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