CONTENTS
Note on the Texts
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION:
A LIVING TRANSACTION: VALUE, GROUND, AND BALANCING BOOKS
1. COME TO WORK:
CAPITALIST FANTASIES AND THE QUEST FOR BALANCE IN
THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM
2. NEW DEALS:
(THE) DEPRESSION AND DEVALUATION IN THE EARLY STORIES
3.
DEI GRATIA
:
WORK ETHIC, GRACE, AND GIVING IN
INFINITE JEST
4. OTHER MATH:
HUMAN COSTS, FRACTIONAL SELVES, AND NEOLIBERAL CRISIS IN
BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN
5. HIS CAPITAL FLUSH:
DESPAIRING OVER WORK AND VALUE IN
OBLIVION
6.
E PLURIBUS UNUM
:
RITUAL, CURRENCY, AND THE EMBODIED VALUES OF
THE PALE KING
CONCLUSION:
IN LINE FOR THE CASH REGISTER WITH WALLACE
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Index