The legacy of David Foster Wallace / edited by Samuel Cohen and Lee Konstantinou.
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- ISBN: 9781609380823 (pbk : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 1609380827 (pbk : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9781609381042 (ebook)
- ISBN: 1609381041 (ebook)
- Physical Description: xxv, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2012.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The Legacy of David Foster Wallace
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Acknowledgments | p. ix | |
Introduction: Zoologists, Elephants, and Editors Samuel Cohen and Lee Konstantinou | p. xi | |
Part 1 | History | |
All Swallowed Up: David Foster Wallace and American Literature Paul Giles | p. 3 | |
Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 Don Delillo | p. 23 | |
Getting Away from It All: The Literary Journalism of David Foster Wallace and Nietzsche's Concept of Oblivion Josh Roiland | p. 25 | |
Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 George Saunders | p. 53 | |
Part 2 | Aesthetics | |
To Wish to Try to Sing to the Next Generation: Infinite Jest's History Samuel Cohen | p. 59 | |
Tribute Written for Wallace Family Memorial Book, 2008 Rick Moody | p. 80 | |
No Bull: David Foster Wallace and Postironic Belief Lee Konstantinou | p. 83 | |
An Interview with David Foster Wallace David Lipsky | p. 113 | |
Infinite Jest's Environmental Case for Disgust Heather Houser | p. 118 | |
Foreword to Tenth Anniversary Edition of Infinite Jest Dave Eggers | p. 143 | |
Part 3 | Community | |
Becoming Yourself: The Afterlife of Reception Ed Finn | p. 151 | |
Informal Remarks from the David Foster Wallace Memorial Service in New York on October 23, 2008 Jonathan Franzen | p. 177 | |
Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network Kathleen Fitzpatrick | p. 182 | |
On Editing David Foster Wallace: An Interview Michael Pietsch and Rick Moody | p. 208 | |
Consider the Footnote Ira B. Nadel | p. 218 | |
Conclusion: Observations on the Archive at the Harry Ransom Center Molly Schwartzburg | p. 241 | |
Notes on Contributors | p. 261 | |
Permissions | p. 265 | |
Index | p. 267 |