David Foster Wallace: References & Edit History
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Studies of Wallace’s life and work include Marshall Boswell, Understanding David Foster Wallace (2003), a scholarly overview of Wallace’s early novels and short stories; Greg Carlisle, Elegant Complexity: A Study of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest (2007); and D.T. Max, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace (2012), a thorough biography.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - David Foster Wallace (1962 - 2008). | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - David Foster Wallace. | Aug 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Unpopped - David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest and Legacy. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Amherst College - Brief Interview with a Five Draft Man. | Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Writer who was the Voice of a Generation. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Texas at Austin - Harry Ransom Center - David Foster Wallace: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center. | Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Biography of David Foster Wallace. | Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - David Foster Wallace (1962 - 2008). | Jun 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - David Foster Wallace, Influential Writer, Dies at 46. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Mar 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of David Foster Wallace. | Jun 11, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - David Foster Wallace obituary. | Sep 14, 2017 | ||
| Added publication of Wallace's third nonfiction collection. | Nov 16, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Oct 23, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of David Foster Wallace. | May 25, 2011 | ||
| Expanded discussion of Infinite Jest, added details of Wallace's nonfiction work, mentioned his history of depression, and noted the subject-matter contrast between The Pale King and Infinite Jest. | Apr 28, 2011 | ||
| Photo of Wallace added. | Apr 07, 2011 | ||
| Added mention of The Pale King, Wallace's unfinished novel published in 2011. | Apr 07, 2011 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 16, 2008 |
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