"Sappy or no, it's true": Affect and Expression in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

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Abstract

This essay reads the short stories of David Foster Wallace’s 1999 collection Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as ethical problems and declarations of love which are intended to affect the reader deeply, even as they struggle with the misconceptions of language, the risk of sincerity, and the inexpressibility of an original story of love.
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Title of host publicationCritical Insights
Subtitle of host publicationDavid Foster Wallace
EditorsPhilip Coleman
PublisherSalem
Pages160-175
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9781619255135
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Publication series

NameCritical Insights

Keywords

  • David Foster Wallace
  • American Literature
  • Interviews
  • Love

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