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by multiple authors (editors)

Sonora Review DFW Tribute
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using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

31

Wallace's later, more prolix argument about pop culture's successful co-opting of postmodern self-reflexivity and irony

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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Wallace's later, more prolix argument about pop culture's successful co-opting of postmodern self-reflexivity and irony

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

31

Wallace's own struggle with John Barth's indelible influence on his own fiction, all in accordance with Harold Bloom's theory of artistic anxiety and influence, which the novella both employs and parodies.

on GCH

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

Wallace's own struggle with John Barth's indelible influence on his own fiction, all in accordance with Harold Bloom's theory of artistic anxiety and influence, which the novella both employs and parodies.

on GCH

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form

31

Wallace frankly invites his readers to conflate Nechtr's conflicted feelings about Professor Ambrose with his own misgivings about Barthian metafiction writ large

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

Wallace frankly invites his readers to conflate Nechtr's conflicted feelings about Professor Ambrose with his own misgivings about Barthian metafiction writ large

—p.31 Heading Westward (28) by Marshall Boswell
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6 years, 7 months ago

the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement)

33

which is based on Freytag's Pyramid

I'm sure I knew this term once but I guess I had forgotten it, which is incredibly embarrassing

—p.33 Wallace's Infinite Fiction (33) by Greg Carlisle
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6 years, 7 months ago

which is based on Freytag's Pyramid

I'm sure I knew this term once but I guess I had forgotten it, which is incredibly embarrassing

—p.33 Wallace's Infinite Fiction (33) by Greg Carlisle
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) twilight; dusk

51

I remember us "huddled" in the gloaming going to gloom.

interesting alliteration, not sure if I feel it though

—p.51 Footnotes & Endnotes (51) by Michael Martone
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6 years, 7 months ago

I remember us "huddled" in the gloaming going to gloom.

interesting alliteration, not sure if I feel it though

—p.51 Footnotes & Endnotes (51) by Michael Martone
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6 years, 7 months ago

(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript

59

LBJ's not-very-secretly-gay amanuensis

on Lyndon

—p.59 Editing Wallace: An Interview with Michael Pietsch (59) by Rick Moody
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6 years, 7 months ago

LBJ's not-very-secretly-gay amanuensis

on Lyndon

—p.59 Editing Wallace: An Interview with Michael Pietsch (59) by Rick Moody
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6 years, 7 months ago