1st Edition
Depression and Dysphoria in the Fiction of David Foster Wallace
By Rob Mayo
Copyright 2021
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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Depression and Dysphoria in the Fiction of David Foster Wallace is the first full-length study of this critically overlooked theme, addressing a major gap in Wallace studies. Wallace has long been recognised as a ‘depression laureate’ inheriting a mantle previously held by Sylvia Plath due to the frequent and remarkable depictions of depressed characters in his fiction. However, this book... Read more
Introduction Part 1: ‘Lovers and Propositions’ Chapter 1: The Broom of the System Chapter 2: Girl with Curious Hair and other stories Part 2: ‘This Logarithm of All Suffering’ Chapter 3: Infinite Jest Chapter 4: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Part 3: ‘Custodian to the Statue’ Chapter 5: Oblivion and other stories Chapter 6: The Pale King Conclusion
Biography
Rob Mayo is based at the University of Bristol. As well as work on Wallace he has published research on disability and science fiction (MOSF Journal of Science Fiction) and ‘inner space’ in literature, film, and videogames (Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century: In and Beyond the Asylum).
