Wallace and I Cognition, Consciousness, and Dualism in David Foster Wallace's Fiction |
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| Author:
| Redgate, Jamie |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-429-59466-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2019 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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Drawing on Wallace's reading in the science and philosophy of mind, this book gives a rigorous account of Wallace's humanistic response to postmodernism, and shines a much needed light on the fundamental relationship in Wallace's work between his characters' bodies and the ghosts that haunt them.
Drawing on Wallace's reading in the science and philosophy of mind, this book gives a rigorous account of Wallace's humanistic response to postmodernism, and shines a much needed light on the fundamental relationship in Wallace's work between his characters' bodies and the ghosts that haunt them.