Adam S. Miller

The Gospel According to David Foster Wallace

Boredom and Addiction in an Age of Distraction

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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-focussed 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 distrac… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4742-3699-7
EAN: 9781474236997
Produktnummer: 19555651
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 197 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den 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.