Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Texts and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 ‘This strange, occluded place’: Regional Geography, the Midwest and The Broom of the System
- 2 ‘Abroad in the urban night’ (I): Metropolis, ‘Postmetropolis’ and Infinite Jest
- 3 ‘Abroad in the urban night’ (II): Empathy, Community and the Image of the City in Infinite Jest
- 4 What is Peoria for? (I): Postindustrial Life and the Language of Place in The Pale King
- 5 What is Peoria for? (II): Peoria, the Edge City and The Pale King
- Bibliography
- Index
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Texts and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 ‘This strange, occluded place’: Regional Geography, the Midwest and The Broom of the System
- 2 ‘Abroad in the urban night’ (I): Metropolis, ‘Postmetropolis’ and Infinite Jest
- 3 ‘Abroad in the urban night’ (II): Empathy, Community and the Image of the City in Infinite Jest
- 4 What is Peoria for? (I): Postindustrial Life and the Language of Place in The Pale King
- 5 What is Peoria for? (II): Peoria, the Edge City and The Pale King
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Geographies of David Foster Wallace's NovelsSpatial History and Literary Practice, pp. 220 - 235Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2022