SEVERS, Jeffrey

David Foster Wallace's Balancing Books : Fictions of Value / Jeffrey Severs. - 1 online resource

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Note on the Texts -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: A LIVING TRANSACTION: VALUE, GROUND, AND BALANCING BOOKS -- 1. COME TO WORK: CAPITALIST FANTASIES AND THE QUEST FOR BALANCE IN THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM -- 2. NEW DEALS: (THE) DEPRESSION AND DEVALUATION IN THE EARLY STORIES -- 3. DEI GRATIA : WORK ETHIC, GRACE, AND GIVING IN INFINITE JEST -- 4. OTHER MATH: HUMAN COSTS, FRACTIONAL SELVES, AND NEOLIBERAL CRISIS IN BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN -- 5. HIS CAPITAL FLUSH: DESPAIRING OVER WORK AND VALUE IN OBLIVION -- 6. E PLURIBUS UNUM : RITUAL, CURRENCY, AND THE EMBODIED VALUES OF THE PALE KING -- CONCLUSION: IN LINE FOR THE CASH REGISTER WITH WALLACE -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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10.7312/seve17944 doi


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PS3573.A425635 / Z864 2019