Considered by many to be the greatest writer of his generation,
David Foster Wallace was at the height of his creative powers when
he committed suicide in 2008. In a sweeping portrait of Wallace's
writing and thought and as a measure of his importance in literary
history, "The Legacy of David Foster Wallace "gathers cutting-edge,
field-defining scholarship by critics alongside remembrances by
many of his writer friends, who include some of the world's most
influential authors.
In this elegant volume, literary critics scrutinize the existing
Wallace scholarship and at the same time pioneer new ways of
understanding Wallace's fiction and journalism. In critical essays
exploring a variety of topics--including Wallace's relationship to
American literary history, his place in literary journalism, his
complicated relationship to his postmodernist predecessors, the
formal difficulties of his 1996 magnum opus "Infinite Jest," his
environmental imagination, and the "social life" of his fiction and
nonfiction--contributors plumb sources as diverse as Amazon.com
reader recommendations, professional book reviews, the 2009
"Infinite Summer" project, and the David Foster Wallace archive at
the University of Texas's Harry Ransom Center.
The creative writers--including Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen,
George Saunders, Rick Moody, Dave Eggers, and David Lipsky, and
Wallace's Little, Brown editor, Michael Pietsch--reflect on the
person behind the volumes of fiction and nonfiction created during
the author's too-short life.
All of the essays, critical and creative alike, are written in
an accessible style that does not presume any background in Wallace
criticism. Whether the reader is an expert in all things David
Foster Wallace, a casual fan of his fiction and nonfiction, or
completely new to Wallace, "The Legacy of David Foster Wallace"
will reveal the power and innovation that defined his contribution
to literary life and to self-understanding. This illuminating
volume is destined to shape our understanding of Wallace, his
writing, and his place in history.
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