Postirony : The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Lettre
ISBN-10
3837636615
ISBN-13
9783837636611
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Imprint
Transcript Verlag
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 21st, 2016
Print length
210 Pages
Weight
290 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.60 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers pursue a special project: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond. How do they do it?
What is ''postirony''? Foremost, it is a response to the ironic zeitgeist. Moreover, it is the key to understanding a specific form of literature. The contemporary reader is familiar with and - unfortunately - used to postmodernism''s ironic, self-reflexive metafiction. Authors like David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers chose a different path: Despite the reign of contemporary irony, they strive to reach the reader on a level beyond, cognitively as well as emotionally - they claim to be sincere and true. Focusing largely on nonfiction by said authors, Lukas Hoffmann explores the means the texts use to achieve something new - namely, a new form of sincerity.
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