Ilustres Raperos - Costello, Mark

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Résumé :
En 1989 David Foster Wallace se traslad? a Boston para cursar el posgrado en filosof?a est?tica de Harvard. Se mud? al apartamento de su antiguo compa?ero de piso en la universidad, Mark Costello. Viviendo juntos descubrieron un inter?s com?n por la entonces naciente m?sica rap, y DFW se aventura a escribir un ensayo en el que intenta desmenuzar el ADN cultural de este g?nero. Costello escribe peque?as r?plicas que luego extiende a ensayos completos, entrelazados con los de Wallace. El resultado ser? 'Ilustres raperos', una especie de tratado que intenta encontrar el sentido del rap a partir de la sociolog?a, la econom?a, la filosof?a, la ley y otras tantas disciplinas en las que los autores son solventes....

Biographie:
David Foster Wallace was one of the most influential and acclaimed writers of the second half of the 20th century. His most notable works include the The Broom of the System and Infinite Jest. His posthumous novel The Pale King was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012. Mark Costello attended Amherst College, where he befriended renowned writer David Foster Wallace. He became an attorney after graduating from Yale Law School in 1988 and he is currently a professor of Federal Law at Fordham University. He lives in New York City, New York.
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