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The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction
Professor Adam S. Miller
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Description for The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Directions in Religion and Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474236980
SKU
V9781474236980
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About Professor Adam S. Miller
Adam S. Miller is 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.
Reviews for The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace: Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction
Miller's Gospel is thorough ... [He presents] a close reading of the texts in light of his consistent thesis.
Review 31
Adam S. Miller looks at some of the favored themes — despair, distraction, indifference, boredom — in Wallace’s writing. I will confess that Mr. Miller’s incantatory and gorgeous preface — a discussion of why disappointment is not ... Read more
Review 31
Adam S. Miller looks at some of the favored themes — despair, distraction, indifference, boredom — in Wallace’s writing. I will confess that Mr. Miller’s incantatory and gorgeous preface — a discussion of why disappointment is not ... Read more