David Foster Wallace and Religion: Essays on Faith and Fiction

by Michael McGowan

Book Overview

In the years since his suicide, scholars have explored David Foster Wallace's writing in transdisciplinary ways. This is the first book of its kind to discuss how Wallace understood and wrote about religion.

At present, the scholarly community is sharply divided on how best to read Wallace on religious questions. Some interpret him to be a Nietzschean nihilist, while others see in him a profoundly spiritual, even mystical thinker. Some read...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501381482
• ISBN13: 9781501381485
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"