The Gospel according to David Foster Wallace : boredom and addiction in an age of distraction /

In a series of short, topic-focused chapters, this book joins a selection of key scenes from Wallace's novels "Infinite Jest" and "The Pale King" with clear explanations of how they contribute to his overall account of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Adam S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Series:New directions in religion and literature.
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments. Books
  • Heads
  • Maps
  • Taxes
  • Contortions
  • Addiction
  • Desire
  • Despair
  • Distraction
  • Watching
  • Assassins
  • Irony
  • Masks
  • Beauty
  • Time
  • Deskwork
  • Sewage
  • Size
  • Silence
  • Immersion
  • Indifference
  • Boredom
  • Awareness
  • Heroes
  • Revelations
  • Abiding
  • Bodies
  • Prayer
  • Clichés
  • Epiphany. Afterword
  • Permissions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.