4211779David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing"https://www.gandhi.com.mx/david-foster-wallace-and--the-long-thing--9781628928006/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3639318/dbce135c-c6cb-4acc-997a-6fa7eeb2b7cc.jpg?v=638385663905800000633703MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From his college years at Amherst, when he wrote his first novel as part of a creative honors thesis, to his final days, Wallace was buried in a novel project, which he often referred to as "the Long Thing." Meanwhile, the short stories and journalistic assignments he worked on during those years he characterized as "playing hooky from a certain Larger Thing." Wallace was also a specific kind of novelist, devoted to producing a specific kind of novel, namely the omnivorous, culture-consuming "encyclopedic" novel, as described in 1976 by Edward Mendelson in a ground-breaking essay on Thomas Pynchons Gravitys Rainbow.David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing" is a state-of-the art guide through Wallaces three major works, including the generation-defining Infinite Jest. These essays provide fresh new readings of each of Wallaces novels as well as thematic essays that trace out patterns and connections across the three works. Most importantly, the collection includes six chapters on Wallaces unfinished novel, The Pale King, which will prove to be foundational for future scholars of this important text....4147564David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing"633703https://www.gandhi.com.mx/david-foster-wallace-and--the-long-thing--9781628928006/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3639318/dbce135c-c6cb-4acc-997a-6fa7eeb2b7cc.jpg?v=638385663905800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149781628928006_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_Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From his college years at Amherst, when he wrote his first novel as part of a creative honors thesis, to his final days, Wallace was buried in a novel project, which he often referred to as the Long Thing. Meanwhile, the short stories and journalistic assignments he worked on during those years he characterized as playing hooky from a certain Larger Thing. Wallace was also a specific kind of novelist, devoted to producing a specific kind of novel, namely the omnivorous, culture-consuming encyclopedic novel, as described in 1976 by Edward Mendelson in a ground-breaking essay on Thomas Pynchons Gravitys Rainbow.David Foster Wallace and The Long Thing is a state-of-the art guide through Wallaces three major works, including the generation-defining Infinite Jest. These essays provide fresh new readings of each of Wallaces novels as well as thematic essays that trace out patterns and connections across the three works. Most importantly, the collection includes six chapters on Wallaces unfinished novel, The Pale King, which will prove to be foundational for future scholars of this important text.(*_*)9781628928006_Of the twelve books David Foster Wallace published both during his lifetime and posthumously, only three were novels. Nevertheless, Wallace always thought of himself primarily as a novelist. From his college years at Amherst, when he wrote his first novel as part of a creative honors thesis, to his final days, Wallace was buried in a novel project, which he often referred to as "the Long Thing." Meanwhile, the short stories and journalistic assignments he worked on during those years he characterized as "playing hooky from a certain Larger Thing." Wallace was also a specific kind of novelist, devoted to producing a specific kind of novel, namely the omnivorous, culture-consuming "encyclopedic" novel, as described in 1976 by Edward Mendelson in a ground-breaking essay on Thomas Pynchons Gravitys Rainbow.David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing" is a state-of-the art guide through Wallaces three major works, including the generation-defining Infinite Jest. These essays provide fresh new readings of each of Wallaces novels as well as thematic essays that trace out patterns and connections across the three works. Most importantly, the collection includes six chapters on Wallaces unfinished novel, The Pale King, which will prove to be foundational for future scholars of this important text....9781628928006_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_5c4fe8b3-1621-36d1-8380-82c26797cc9c_9781628928006;9781628928006_9781628928006InglésMéxico2014-07-31T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing