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The Self-aggrandizement Disguised As Self-flagellation As Even Higher Art Form Aspect: Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Author(s):
- Marina Guiomar (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- American Literature, LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American, LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American
- Subject(s):
- Eggers, Dave, Derrida, Jacques, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, Autobiography, Biography, Romanticism, Literature, Twentieth century
- Item Type:
- Essay
- Tag(s):
- epitaph, Dave Eggers, Jacques Derrida, Wordsworth, F. Scott Fitzgerald, 21st-century literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/6xs0-5d55
- Abstract:
- I can't seem to forget the anecdotic episode that one of my Literature Professors used to tell the class: a deconstructionist acquaintance of theirs was so absorbed in their literal undertaking that their meals consisted only of letter-noodles soup, so that even the most mundane of tasks could intertwine itself with textuality. Farfetched as this diet may sound, that is how I perceive autobiography today: an ongoing project of intertwined realities. Derrida and Wordsworth help us read the Eggers' text. Marina holds a Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Lisbon. She is an independent researcher, whose main interests revolve around 20th century American fiction, autobiography, and biographical criticism. Her research is especially attentive of the rapport between the editor and/or critic and the writer, such as in the cases of Jean Paulhan and Jacques Rivière (editors of nrf), and Dave Eggers’ fictional and editorial work.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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