Seeming sincere : ironic implications on sincerity and authenticity in David Foster Wallace's "host" and the broom of the system

Critics have lauded David Foster Wallace as a writer whose work represents a movement beyond postmodernism. The one quality of Wallace's work that critics have focused on is the sincerity of his writing. But what does writing sincerely entail? Drawing on Lionel Trilling's book on sincerity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tang, Aaron Wei Yao
Other Authors: Christopher Peter Trigg
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66956