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Ordinary unhappiness : the therapeutic fiction of David Foster Wallace /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baskin, Jon, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019.
Series:Square one (Series)
Subjects:
Wallace, David Foster > Criticism and interpretation.
Wallace, David Foster.
Literature > Philosophy.
Philosophy in literature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
American fiction.
Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : habits of mind
  • Narrative morality : on philosophically therapeutic criticism
  • Playing games : Infinite jest as philosophical therapy
  • So decide : Brief interviews with hideous men as philosophical criticism
  • Untrendy problems : The pale king's philosophical inspirations
  • Conclusion : in heaven and earth.