{"product_id":"the-legacy-of-david-foster-samuel-cohen-9781609380823","title":"The Legacy of David Foster Wallace","description":"\u003cp\u003e Considered by many to be the greatest writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace was at the height of his creative powers when he committed suicide in 2008. In a sweeping portrait of Wallace's writing and thought and as a measure of his importance in literary history, \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of David Foster Wallace \u003c\/i\u003egathers cutting-edge, field-defining scholarship by critics alongside remembrances by many of his writer friends, who include some of the world's most influential authors.\u003c\/p\u003eIn this elegant volume, literary critics scrutinize the existing Wallace scholarship and at the same time pioneer new ways of understanding Wallace's fiction and journalism. In critical essays exploring a variety of topics--including Wallace's relationship to American literary history, his place in literary journalism, his complicated relationship to his postmodernist predecessors, the formal difficulties of his 1996 magnum opus \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, his environmental imagination, and the \"social life\" of his fiction and nonfiction--contributors plumb sources as diverse as Amazon.com reader recommendations, professional book reviews, the 2009 \u003ci\u003eInfinite Summer\u003c\/i\u003e project, and the David Foster Wallace archive at the University of Texas's Harry Ransom Center.The creative writers--including Don DeLillo, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Rick Moody, Dave Eggers, and David Lipsky, and Wallace's Little, Brown editor, Michael Pietsch--reflect on the person behind the volumes of fiction and nonfiction created during the author's too-short life.All of the essays, critical and creative alike, are written in an accessible style that does not presume any background in Wallace criticism. Whether the reader is an expert in all things David Foster Wallace, a casual fan of his fiction and nonfiction, or completely new to Wallace, \u003ci\u003eThe Legacy of David Foster Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e will reveal the power and innovation that defined his contribution to literary life and to self-understanding. This illuminating volume is destined to shape our understanding of Wallace, his writing, and his place in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609380827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609380823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.08w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2012 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012","brand":"Samuel Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199124787455,"sku":"9781609380823","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d910010-28d2-4964-9bae-190ff04c406a.jpg?v=1727925113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-legacy-of-david-foster-samuel-cohen-9781609380823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}