The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/02/2017
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.
- ISBN:
- 9783837636611
- 9783837636611
- Category:
- Literature: history & criticism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 07-02-2017
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Transcript Verlag
- Country of origin:
- Germany
- Dimensions (mm):
- 22.6x14.7x1.5mm
- Weight:
- 0.28kg
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