In his 2010 essay "David Foster Wallace and the New Sincerity in American Fiction," Adam Kelly argues that Wallace's fiction, and that of his generation, is marked by a revival and theoretical reconception of sincerity, challenging the emphasis on authenticity that dominated twentieth-century literature and conceptions of the self.
Adam Kelly's 2010 essay "David Foster Wallace and the New Sincerity in American Fiction" argues that David Foster Wallace's writing, along with that of his generation, is characterized by a revival and theoretical reinterpretation of sincerity, which challenges the emphasis on authenticity that dominated twentieth-century literature and self-understanding.