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aver

Wallace's narratives aver that a self-licensed ignorance of one's situation/condition can all too readily be transformed into a kind of moral oblivion

on Oblivion

—p.180 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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mordant

an "irony-free" antidote to the mordant rut of the postmodern condition

on AA in IJ

—p.172 Representations of Trauma in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion (172) missing author
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obtruding

its notable absence of all forms of obtruding annotation

on PQ4 in Octet

—p.168 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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logolatry

the gaping trap of logolatry

quoting Goerlandt & Herman, from an essay on DFW

—p.166 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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locution

in which the deictic element "here" assumes a double meaning and points both to the referred scene and the insertion's locutionary act itself

—p.163 "That is Not Wholly True" Notes on Annotation in David Foster Wallace's Shorter Fiction (and Non-Fiction) (156) missing author
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