Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays is a 2005 collection of nonfiction pieces by David Foster Wallace that showcases his distinctive, digressive style across topics ranging from politics and pop culture to ethics and literary criticism.
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| Consider the Lobster and Other Essays canonical | 1 |
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essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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footnote-heavy
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metafictional elements ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
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literary nonfiction ⓘ |
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Authority and American Usage
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Big Red Son NERFINISHED ⓘ Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think NERFINISHED ⓘ Consider the Lobster NERFINISHED ⓘ Host ⓘ How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Frank’s Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed NERFINISHED ⓘ The Depressed Person NERFINISHED ⓘ The Devil Is a Busy Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The View from Mrs. Thompson’s NERFINISHED ⓘ Up, Simba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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American politics
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American usage and grammar ⓘ Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ September 11 attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. presidential campaign ⓘ animal rights ⓘ celebrity culture ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ depression ⓘ entertainment industry ⓘ mass media ⓘ morality of eating animals ⓘ pornography industry ⓘ professional sports ⓘ talk radio ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of previously published essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | digressive prose style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics
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literary criticism ⓘ politics ⓘ pop culture ⓘ |
| titleEssay | Consider the Lobster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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