The Irresponsible Self (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James Wood
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Authors or writers, Literature, Twenty-first century, Novelists, Wit or humor
The Irresponsible Self was James Wood's third book in four years. His novel The Book Against God (2003) features a temporary lecturer on philosophy at University College, London. Tom Bunting disappoints his parents, wife, and students by his lying, irresponsible conduct, and inability to accept God's existence. Wood's book The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief (1999) is, like The Irresponsible Self, a collection of previously published essays on prose writers as diverse as Don DeLillo and Anton Chekhov.
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