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Watching As The World Turns: Performance, Everyday Life, and the Self in the Novels of David Foster Wallace
No full textThis thesis examines manifestations of performance in the novels of David
Foster Wallace. It argues that as Wallace engages with the theme of
performance he concurrently addresses the related topics of everyday life and the self. Taking key theories of performance from the discipline of
performance studies and applying these to an analysis of Wallace’s novels, this thesis demonstrates how the views of everyday life and the self presented by Wallace are predicated on performance and uncertainty. It first compares Wallace’s view of the everyday with theories put forward by Henri Lefebvre and Guy Debord. Wallace’s view of the self is then outlined, primarily through close readings of how choice, boredom, rituals, and masks are presented in Wallace’s novels, alongside comparisons of his work with two further theorists of the everyday, Raoul Vaneigem and Erving Goffman. The thesis concludes by examining how Wallace presents audiences within his novels, suggesting that he often uses performance situations to articulate his thoughts on the relationship between the self and the other, before calling for further interdisciplinary research into Wallace’s writing
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [06]
No full textImage of people standing alongside train tracks by Wallace Northern Pacific Depot. Caption on front: """"Potter accident - O.W.R.&N., Wallace"""
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [04]
No full textImage of people standing alongside train tracks by Wallace Northern Pacific Depot. Caption on front: """"Potter accident - O.W.R.&N., Wallace"""
Wallace and Priscilla Nagao wedding party, including Madie Yasuda, Lily Shino, Priscilla and Wallace Nagao, Wallace Doi.
No full textPhoto from the wedding of Wallace Nagao and Priscilla Yasuda, including Wallace Doi (next to Wallace Nagao) and other friends and relatives
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [02]
No full textClose-up of a man standing next to some Oregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company tracks. Caption on front: O.W.R. and N. Accident Case, 1913 Edge of Wallace""""
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [07]
No full textImage of two men standing by the N.P. Depot with a grocery store in the background. Caption on front: """"O.W.R. and N. Railroad, Wallace taken by N.P. depot (Potter Accident)""""
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [05]
No full textClose-up of a man standing next to some Oregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company tracks, with another man in the distance. O.W.R. and N. Accident Case, 1913 Edge of Wallace""""
Wallace (Idaho), O.W.R & N., 1913 [01]
No full textOregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company accident photograph. This distant view shows snow covered tracks with two men standing to the left side. Caption on front: """"O.W.R. and N. Accident Case, 1913 Edge of Wallace""""
Portrait of Wallace Doi.
No full textPhoto of Wallace Doi, a Japanese-American from Hawaii who served as a soldier during World War I
John Stevens Wallace Correspondence
No full textEntries include brief biographical information, a typed letter from sales manager Bennett on Stephen Daye Press, Inc., Book Publishers, stationery concerning moving the publisher from Vermont to New York City, changes in staff, and a book with several revisions of the working title presumably written by author and illustrator John Stevens Wallace with some biographical information about him, a typed letter from the Maine State Library requesting biographical information about Wallace, a humorous letter of reply concerning Wallace\u27s place of birth from Bennett on revised Stephen Daye Press, Inc., stationery, a typed letter from the Maine State Library requesting a copy of Wallace\u27s book titled Village Down East for the Maine Author Collection, a typed letter from Wallace on personal notepaper with some biographical information and hopes of presenting his original drawings from the book on exhibit at the Maine State Library, a typed letter of reply on receipt of Wallace\u27s book gift for the Maine Author Collection that the Maine State Library had no place to display works of art with suggestions of libraries that did host events of this type, and a letter typed from Jacob of the Maine State Library with an appeal for biographical information and a call for Wallace to pursue an exhibit of his drawings
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