![]() ![]() With a self-deprecating air of coolness toward GWCH, Wallace said that he had indeed written something new, and he intimated that I could see it, if I thought I might rather write my thesis about that-and if I thought I was up to the task of reading and analyzing 1000+ pages that still weren’t through the final stages of editing. ![]() I then had the additional good fortune to receive a very gracious reply from Wallace (who wasn’t receiving much fan mail in those days and appeared to have ample time to correspond with starry-eyed college students-though it should be said that Wallace remained incredibly generous in replying to fan mail even after it began arriving at exponentially greater rates). When I proposed to write my senior thesis on some of the stories in Girl With Curious Hair, Sorrentino told me that Wallace was working on a big new book and encouraged me to write a letter and ask him about it. In 1994, when I was a college junior, I had the good fortune to enroll in a course with Gilbert Sorrentino, who introduced me to a the work of a young writer named David Foster Wallace. ![]() Being first doesn’t necessarily say anything for one’s intelligence or tenacity, and I’m sure it doesn’t in my case, but it often does attest-and very definitely in my case-to one’s good fortune. I also have the honor of being, actually, the first person to have written a critical essay on Infinite Jest. I have the honor of being the first of many people whose critical essays about Infinite Jest have appeared on Nick Maniatis’s fine website, The Howling Fantods. Just remember this is Chris' work and is copyrighted under his name, please do not copy or use any of this thesis without contacting Chris first. If you wish to contact Chris, email him at: christopher dot a dot hager at gmail dot com (replace with dots and at with you know whats) It is a fascinating read, I hope you all enjoy it. Here finally is the first web publication of Chris Hager's undergraduate thesis. ![]()
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