David Foster Wallace is regarded as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book introduces readers to the literary, philosophical and political contexts of Wallace's work.  Meer

An instant classic of American sportswriting-the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm.  Meer

David Foster Wallace and the Body is the first full-length study to focus on Wallace’s career-long fascination with the human body and the textual representation of the body.  Meer

David Foster Wallace and the Body is the first full-length study to focus on Wallace’s career-long fascination with the human body and the textual representation of the body.  Meer

Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wa ll ace is designed as a professional study of all of Wallace's creative work.  Meer

Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wa ll ace is designed as a professional study of all of Wallace's creative work.  Meer

Best known for his masterpiece Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work.  Meer

Best known for his masterpiece Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace re-invented fiction and non-fiction for a generation with his groundbreaking and original work.  Meer

Explores the relationship between geography and David Foster Wallace’s novels  Meer

Explores the relationship between geography and David Foster Wallace’s novels  Meer

Identifies philosophical scepticism as a major theme across Wallace’s oeuvre, in both fiction and non-fiction.  Meer

Identifies philosophical scepticism as a major theme across Wallace’s oeuvre, in both fiction and non-fiction.  Meer

This collection aims to show that David Foster Wallace’s work originates from and functions in the space between philosophy and literature. New essays by prominent and promising Wallace scholars explore the many ways these two discursive modes serve as always already intertwined ways of experiencing and expressing the world in Wallace’s oeuvre.  Meer