The fact of the cage : reading and redemption in David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest /

"Revealing Wallace's theology of a "boneless Christ," The Fact of the Cage wagers that reading such a novel as Infinite Jest makes available to readers the redemption glimpsed in its pages, that reading fiction has ethical and religious significance-in short, that reading Infinit...

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Main Author: Plank, Karl A. (Karl Andrews) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge studies in contemporary literature ; 50.
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Summary:"Revealing Wallace's theology of a "boneless Christ," The Fact of the Cage wagers that reading such a novel as Infinite Jest makes available to readers the redemption glimpsed in its pages, that reading fiction has ethical and religious significance-in short, that reading Infinite Jest makes one better. As such, Plank's work takes steps to defend the ethics of fiction, the vital relation between religion and literature, and why one just might read at all"--
Physical Description:ix, 193 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780367611347
0367611341
9780367698874
0367698870