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Zadie Smith
abreaction
(en)
(noun) the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist
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The little slip is telling, and the word abreactive, too
defined in a footnote (from the OED); referring to a scene in Brief Interviews
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The little slip is telling, and the word abreactive, too
defined in a footnote (from the OED); referring to a scene in Brief Interviews
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apotheosis
(en)
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
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The apotheosis of this technique is "The Depressed Person."
on recursion
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The apotheosis of this technique is "The Depressed Person."
on recursion
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linguistic recursion
(en)
the capacity to embed sentences in other sentences; some linguists (e.g., Chomsky) see this as fundamental to language
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something DFW (author) likes to do a lot, especally in The Depressed Person (section)
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something DFW (author) likes to do a lot, especally in The Depressed Person (section)
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bombast
(en)
(noun) pretentious inflated speech or writing
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Definitely overeducated, supercilious, and full, initially, of bombastic opinions about the girl
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Definitely overeducated, supercilious, and full, initially, of bombastic opinions about the girl
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couvade
(en)
(noun) a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos
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In the couvade, a man feels his wife's pregnancy: a porous border.
referring to a scene in Brief Interviews, when the interviewee asks if the interviewer knows the term
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In the couvade, a man feels his wife's pregnancy: a porous border.
referring to a scene in Brief Interviews, when the interviewee asks if the interviewer knows the term
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logotherapy
(en)
an existential theory developed by Viktor Frankl, founded on the belief that human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose
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Frankl's therapeutic school, logotherapy, explores the idea that selves in an extreme state of personal degradation or loss are often better able to comprehend what is really meaningful. But this, of course, does not mean you create a second holocaust in order to generate meaning.
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Frankl's therapeutic school, logotherapy, explores the idea that selves in an extreme state of personal degradation or loss are often better able to comprehend what is really meaningful. But this, of course, does not mean you create a second holocaust in order to generate meaning.
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Chaim Soutine
(en)
A Russian painter of Belarusian Jewish origin who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living in Paris in the early 20th century
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The intense colors of a Soutine.
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The intense colors of a Soutine.
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