http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/Esotericism Questions tagged with 'Esotericism' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:42:55 -0800 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:42:55 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/43169/Who%2Delse%2Dwrites%2Dthe%2Dkind%2Dof%2Dessays%2Dthat%2DDavid%2DFoster%2DWallace%2Dwrites I really like the essays that David Foster Wallace collects in _A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again_ and _Consider the Lobster_. Which essayists take a similar approach? I've just read and thoroughly enjoyed DFW's two collections of essays/reviews (in fact, I liked them better than I've liked his fiction). I find thrilling the way he combines esoteric and hyperintellectual meditation/contemplation, travelogue, personal anecdote, and hilarious self-depricatory wit. I'm well-read in fiction, but haven't done much essay reading outside of an academic context. What other collections (or individual essays) might I enjoy? On KCRW's Bookworm, Wallace was compared to Thurber, who I've put on my reading list. Who else? Thanks! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.43169 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:42:55 -0800 DavidFosterWallace DFW Esotericism Essays lobsters Wisdom Wit scarylarry