David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, Second

David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: A Reader's Guide was the first book to be published on what has been hailed as one the great modern American novels and it is a key reference for those who wish to explore further. In this comprehensively revised second edition, Burn maps Wallace's influence on contemporary American fiction, outlines Wallace's poetics, and provides a full-length study of the novel, drawing out the most important themes and ideas, before surveying Wallace's post-Infinite Jest output, including The Pale King. Book jacket.

Stephen J. Burn is Associate Professor of English at Northern Michigan University, USA.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. viii
Chronology	p. xii
Infinite Jest and the twentieth century: David Foster Wallace's legacy	p. 1
Problems in David Foster Wallace's poetics	p. 13
The novel	p. 33
Epilogue: Wallace's Millennial Fictions	p. 77
Appendix: The Chronology of Infinite Jest	p. 91
Notes	p. 105
Works Cited	p. 113
Index	p. 119
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David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, Second Edition A Reader's Guide

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