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29. Juni 2010 · About the author (2010) David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis at Amherst College. He received an MFA from the University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996.
7. Aug. 1997 · The Broom of the System is David Foster Wallace's (1962-2008) first major work, an anti-novel, written in his early twenties while in English studies at Amherst College. The "Broom" represents a major theme for Wallace throughout his life--an antimony--a contradiction whose meaning/essence depends upon what it (the broom/antimony) is used for. The System represents the context (family/society ...
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Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. The Broom of the System is a novel by David Foster Wallace, published in 1987. The initial idea for the novel originated from a remark made by an old girlfriend of Wallace. In his retelling, reported by DT Max, the girlfriend said "she would rather be a character in a piece ...
18. Okt. 2016 · The Broom of the System The “dazzling, exhilarating” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of the most groundbreaking writers of his generation, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.
Themes. As is typical with Wallace's work, The Broom of the System is at once immensely complex, yet extremely simple, though never simplistic. The novel focuses principally on one Lenore Beadsman ...
The Broom Of The System. Paperback – 7 Aug. 1997. A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian and as serious as it is possible to be without accidentally writing a religious text. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as "modern fiction".
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Other articles where The Broom of the System is discussed: David Foster Wallace: …his highly regarded debut novel, The Broom of the System (1987), was published. He later taught creative writing at Illinois State University and at Pomona College. He received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship grant in 1997.
