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David Foster Wallace and the question of scepticism /

"'David Foster Wallace and the Question of Scepticism' examines the role of scepticism and doubt in Wallace's work, showing that they are of fundamental importance to his writing in its form and its themes. Wallace's work articulates a deep ambivalence about the value of sce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prout, Matt (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]
Series:Modern American literature and the new twentieth century.
Subjects:
Wallace, David Foster > Criticism and interpretation.
Skepticism in literature.
Scepticisme dans la littérature.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Scepticism in and of David Foster Wallace
  • Different scepticisms
  • Forms of doubt : realism and scepticism
  • The problem of other minds in 'Good Old Neon'
  • Scepticism and faith : David Foster Wallace's fideism
  • Seeing (theoretically) and swimming (in practice) : infinite jest and the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
  • The hermeneutics of suspicion in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
  • Taking doubt : intellectual virtues in Wallace's political essays
  • Is David Foster Wallace shit?
  • Conclusion. Scepticism and history.