David Foster Wallace's Toxic Sexuality - (New Horizons in Contemporary Writing) by Edward Jackson (Paperback)
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- David Foster Wallace's Toxic Sexuality: Hideousness, Neoliberalism, Spermatics is the first full-length study of perhaps the most controversial aspect of Wallace's work - male sexuality.
- About the Author: Edward Jackson holds a PhD in English from the University of Birmingham.
- 228 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
- Series Name: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing
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Book Synopsis
David Foster Wallace's Toxic Sexuality: Hideousness, Neoliberalism, Spermatics is the first full-length study of perhaps the most controversial aspect of Wallace's work - male sexuality. Departing from biographical accounts of Wallace's troubled relationship to sex, the book offers new and engaging close readings of this vexed topic in both his fiction and non-fiction. Wallace consistently returns to images of sexual toxicity across his career to argue that, when it comes to sex, men are immutably hideous. He makes this argument by drawing on a variety of neoliberal logics and spermatic metaphors, which in their appeal to apparently neutral economic processes and natural bodily facts, forestall the possibility that men can change. The book therefore provides a revisionist account of Wallace's attitudes towards capitalism, as well as a critical dissection of his approach to masculinity and sexuality. In doing so, David Foster Wallace's Toxic Sexualityshows how Wallace can be considered a neoliberal writer, whose commitment to furthering male sexual toxicity is a disturbing but undeniable part of his literary project.Review Quotes
Edward Jackson's emergence as a key new voice in Wallace criticism rests, in part, on both his rigorous scholarship and his clear-eyed perception of what's wrong with the critical lenses that too many readers have accepted without question. David Foster Wallace's Toxic Sexuality is an elegantly written and meticulous study that addresses challenging questions-about gender and economics-with typically lively and innovative readings.
Dr Stephen Burn, Reader in Post-1945 American Literature, University of Glasgow, UK
About the Author
Edward Jackson holds a PhD in English from the University of Birmingham. He currently teaches literature and cultural studies as a Visiting Lecturer.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .48 Inches (D)
Weight: .72 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 228
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Series Title: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Edward Jackson
Language: English
Street Date: January 27, 2022
TCIN: 1005553727
UPC: 9781350249295
Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-9901
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.48 inches length x 6.14 inches width x 9.21 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.72 pounds
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