Ordinary Unhappiness : The Therapeutic Fiction of David Foster Wallace.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (197 pages)
- Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities Series .
- Square One: First-Order Questions in the Humanities Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Habits of Mind -- 1 Narrative Morality: On Philosophically Therapeutic Criticism -- 2 Playing Games: Infinite Jest as Philosophical Therapy -- 3 So Decide: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as Philosophical Criticism -- 4 Untrendy Problems: The Pale King's Philosophical Inspirations -- Conclusion: In Heaven and Earth -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
This book approaches David Foster Wallace not only as a fiction writer but also as a cultural critic and a moral philosopher whose formal innovations were intended as "therapies" for the pervasive dis-eases of our time.
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Wallace, David Foster-Criticism and interpretation.