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Zusatztext Adam S. Miller has crafted a highly approachable, quasi-devotional, religious reading of David Foster Wallace’s most popular fiction ... any student of the late-great post-ironist’s work will understand the value of Miller’s insights ... Miller’s project, with its workmanlike organization, will be a great reference piece for anyone studying or writing about the religious themes in Wallace’s most premier work; and, with its highly intimate and personal readings, a great devotional work for believers who are interested in the intersection between faith and literature. Informationen zum Autor Adam S. Miller is a professor of philosophy at Collin College in McKinney, Texas, USA. He is the founder of The Journal of Philosophy and Scripture and the author of a number of articles addressing the intersection of religion, ethics and politics. Vorwort The first book to explore key religious themes in the work of David Foster Wallace - including boredom, addiction, and distraction. Zusammenfassung The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace is the first book to explore key religious themes - from boredom to addiction, and distraction – in the work of one of America’s most celebrated contemporary novelists.In a series of short, topic-focused chapters, the book joins a selection of key scenes from Wallace’s novels Infinite Jest and The Pale King with clear explanations of how they contribute to his overall account of what it means to be a human being in the 21st century. Adam Miller explores how Wallace’s work masterfully investigates the nature of first-world boredom and shows, in the process, how easy it is to get addicted to distraction (chemical, electronic, or otherwise). Implicitly critiquing, excising, and repurposing elements of AA’s Twelve Step program, Wallace suggests that the practice of prayer (regardless of belief in God), the patient application of attention to things that seem ordinary and boring, and the internalization of clichés may be the antidote to much of what ails us in the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction2. Schemas3. Maps4. Contortions5. Taxes6. Addiction7. Desire8. Despair9. Distraction10. Watching11. Assassins12. Irony13. Masks14. Beauty15. Time16. Deskwork17. Sewage18. Size19. Silence20. Immersion21. Indifference22. Boredom23. Revelations24. Heroes25. Awareness26. Abiding27. Bodies28. Prayer29. Clichés30. EpiphanyBibliographyIndex...
