The Resource David Foster Wallace's balancing books : fictions of value, Jeffrey Severs
David Foster Wallace's balancing books : fictions of value, Jeffrey Severs
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780231179447
- Label
- David Foster Wallace's balancing books : fictions of value
- Title
- David Foster Wallace's balancing books
- Title remainder
- fictions of value
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeffrey Severs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Severs, Jeffrey
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.A425635
- LC item number
- Z864 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wallace, David Foster
- Wallace, David Foster
- Label
- David Foster Wallace's balancing books : fictions of value, Jeffrey Severs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 950448512
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231179447
- Lccn
- 2016019208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026704480
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950448512
- Label
- David Foster Wallace's balancing books : fictions of value, Jeffrey Severs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 950448512
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231179447
- Lccn
- 2016019208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026704480
- System control number
- (OCoLC)950448512
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