Geographies of David Foster Wallace's Novels
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David Foster Wallace
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literary geography
postindustrial literature
regional literature
twentieth century socioeconomic history
urban literature
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- ISBN 9781474497541
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2022
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Explores the relationship between geography and David Foster Wallace's novels
Deploys an innovative methodology combining aspects of cultural geography and literary criticism, extending recent work in literary geographies
Presents expansive and detailed readings of each of Wallace's novels, drawing new connections between these texts and their historical context
Makes extensive original use of archival sources to elucidate the spatial aspects of Wallace's literary practice
The Geographies of David Foster Wallace's Novels takes a fresh look at David Foster Wallace's novels through the lens of historical geography. It explores the connections between Wallace's literary practice and the reshaping of American geographical space that resulted from the transition between Fordist and post-Fordist forms of capitalism, presenting critical readings of the novels together with analysis of manuscripts and notebooks from Wallace's archive. Deploying an innovative methodology that combines aspects of cultural geography and literary criticism, each novel is historically situated through a spatial keyword, expanding our understanding of the connections between social context and formal innovation in Wallace's work.
Laurie McRae Andrew completed his PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, and specialises in contemporary fiction and literary geographies. His essays have appeared in the forthcoming David Foster Wallace in Context (Cambridge University Press), Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Geographies.
