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Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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Asked in 2006 about the philosophical nature of his fiction, the
late American writer David Foster Wallace replied, "If some people
read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about philosophical
ideas, what it probably means is that these are pieces where the
characters are not as alive and interesting as I meant them to
be.""Gesturing Toward Reality" looks into this quality of Wallace's
work--when the writer dons the philosopher's cap--and sees
something else. With essays offering a careful perusal of Wallace's
extensive and heavily annotated self-help library,
re-considerations of Wittgenstein's influence on his fiction, and
serious explorations into the moral and spiritual landscape where
Wallace lived and wrote, this collection offers a perspective on
Wallace that even he was not always ready to see. Since so much has
been said in specifically literary circles about Wallace's
philosophical acumen, it seems natural to have those with an
interest in both philosophy and Wallace's writing address how these
two areas come together.
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