Maximalism in contemporary American literature the uses of detail - Levey, Nick (New York Routledge, 2017)
Giants and junk: power-reading Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's rainbow -- On flunking: maximalist description in David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest -- Data-sickle: maximalism and white-collar aesthetics in David Foster Wallace's The pale king -- Just maximalist things: Nicholson Baker's The mezzanine and Objects of curiosity -- Housebound: domestic excess in Nicholson Baker's Room temperature -- Mindless pleasures: playlists, unemployment, and Thomas Pynchon's Inherent vice -- Conclusion: Overflow: The margins of American maximalism.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-171) and index.
Keywords: Pynchon, Thomas -- Criticism and interpretation; Wallace, David Foster -- Criticism and interpretation; Baker, Nicholson -- Criticism and interpretation; Maximalism (Literature) -- United States; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism