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Verfasst von:Severs, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:David Foster Wallace's balancing books
Titelzusatz:fictions of value
Mitwirkende:Wallace, David Foster [Thematisch relevante Person]   i
Verf.angabe:Jeffrey Severs
Verlagsort:New York
Verlag:Columbia University Press
E-Jahr:2017
Jahr:[2017]
Umfang:X, 311 Seiten
Fussnoten:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-300
ISBN:978-0-231-17944-7
 978-0-231-54311-8
Abstract:"Jeffrey Severs offers one of the first critical works that examines the entirety of David Foster Wallace's fiction rather than individual novels. Severs focuses his interpretation of Wallace's work on the author's interest in "value" understood in terms of the incalculable (morality) and the calculable (economics). This approach, Severs argues, allows a reading of Wallace that illuminates both the philosophical and moral ambition of his work but also positions him as a writer very much engaged in the political and economic issues of the late twentieth century. Severs reads Wallace as depicting characters struggling to determine the moral authority amid our chaotic culture. In considering the full scope of Wallace's career, Severs details his works' quest for balance in a world of excess and entropy. He adds to the critical portrayal of him as the philosopher-novelist by reading him as not only satirizing the deforming effects of money but examining the machinations of late-capitalism. Fusing readings of metaphysical, existential, and moral themes within the historical context of the last twentieth century, Severs provides new perspectives on Wallace's work and demonstrates the relevance of his fiction to contemporary political, economic, moral, and ethical problems."--
 Introduction: a living transaction: value, ground, and balancing books -- Come to work: capitalist fantasies and the quest for balance in the broom of the system -- New deals: (the) depression and devaluation in the early stories -- Dei gratia: work ethic, grace, and giving in infinite jest -- Other math: human costs, fractional selves, and neoliberal crisis in brief interviews with hideous men -- His capital flush: despairing over work and value in oblivion -- E pluribus unum: ritual, currency, and the embodied values of the pale king -- Conclusion: in line for the cash register with Wallace
URL:Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029155272&line_number=0001&func ...
Schlagwörter:(p)Wallace, David Foster   i / (s)Wirtschaft <Motiv>   i
 (p)Wallace, David Foster   i
Sprache:eng
Reproduktion:Online version: Severs, Jeffrey, 1974- author: David Foster Wallace's balancing books. - New York: Columbia University Press, 2017
Bibliogr. Hinweis:Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Severs, Jeffrey, 1974 - : David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2016. - 1 Online Ressource (x, 311 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:HU 9088   i
K10plus-PPN:862492319
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