Postirony : The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers / Lukas Hoffmann
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| Autore: |
Hoffmann Lukas <p>Lukas Hoffmann, Academy of Performing Arts BW, Germany </p>
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| Titolo: |
Postirony : The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers / Lukas Hoffmann
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| Pubblicazione: | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2016 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 818/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Literature |
| Culture | |
| U.S.A | |
| Postmodernism | |
| Postirony | |
| Irony | |
| David Foster Wallace | |
| Dave Eggers | |
| Nonfiction | |
| Sincerity | |
| American Studies | |
| British Studies | |
| General Literature Studies | |
| Cultural Studies | |
| Literary Studies | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 9 Postirony - Conceptualizing an Idea 37 Reading the Postironic - Audience, Narrator, and Metalepsis 65 Dave Eggers - Living the Postironic 89 David Foster Wallace - Hope and Despair; The Postironic Condition 127 A Second Generation Emerges 175 Conclusion 191 Works Cited 201 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Besprochen in:The Year's Work in English Studies, 98 (2019) | |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Hoffmann, Postirony The Nonfictional Literature of David Foster Wallace and Dave Eggers |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Postirony |
| ISBN: | 9783839436615 |
| 3839436613 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910136241903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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