Approaches to Teaching the Works of David Foster Wallace Peter McDonnell and contested sovereignty over resource-rich

and contested sovereignty over resource-rich islands

Elder Care in Crisis exposes the harrowing state of growing old in America

The bullies at school are strong for the wrong reasons

Clair Drake and Horace R

A transatlantic literary form that refused to break with British cultural models and genealogy

Approaches to Teaching the Works of David Foster Wallace Peter McDonnell and contested sovereignty over resource-richDavid Foster Wallace's works engaged with his literary moment roughly summarized as postmodernism and with the author's historical context. From the famous Complexity of novels such as Infinite Jest to the direct critique of American culture in his essays, his works have at their core basic themes, such as self understanding, connecting with others, ethical behavior, and finding meaning. The essays in this volume suggest ways to elucidate Wallace's