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Oblivion: Stories (2004) is a collection of short fiction by the American writer David Foster Wallace. Oblivion is Wallace's third and last short story collection and was listed as a 2004 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. [1] In the stories, Wallace explores the nature of reality, dreams, trauma, and the "dynamics of consciousness."
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (2005) is a collection of essays by novelist David Foster Wallace. It is also the title of one of the essays, which was published in Gourmet magazine in 2004. [1] The title alludes to Consider the Oyster by M. F. K. Fisher. [2]
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. [ 1 ]
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Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Austin, TX: Sideshow Media Group Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9761465-3-7; Carlisle, Greg. "Nature's Nightmare: Analyzing David Foster Wallace's Oblivion". Sideshow Media Group Press, 2013. Cohen, Samuel, and Konstantinou, Lee (eds.). The Legacy of David Foster Wallace.
Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace.Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, [1] Infinite Jest is featured in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.
In the 2015 essay "Reconsider the Lobster", Jeff Sebo quotes Wallace's discussion of the difficulty of establishing whether an animal can experience pain. [6] Sebo calls the question of how to treat individuals of uncertain sentience, the "sentience problem" and argues that this problem which "Wallace raises deserves much more philosophical ...
Dalí had already introduced the lobster as an erotic symbol in his 1936 surrealist object “Lobster Telephone,” and the following year, Schiaparelli offered him a new kind of blank canvas ...