The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace: Language, Identity, and Resistance [terms]

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(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

119

It is about cathecting enough other people and enough of the world

in an email to Robert K Bolger, on AA (in Gesturing Toward Reality p45)

—p.119 Narcissism, Alienation, and Commun(al)ity (111) by David Foster Wallace

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It is about cathecting enough other people and enough of the world

in an email to Robert K Bolger, on AA (in Gesturing Toward Reality p45)

—p.119 Narcissism, Alienation, and Commun(al)ity (111) by David Foster Wallace

notable

to speak like a baby (technically: pronouncing the letter "r" so that it sounds like "l")

158

lallating function

originally from the Kafka essay

—p.158 Vocal Instability and Narrative Structure (137) by David Foster Wallace

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lallating function

originally from the Kafka essay

—p.158 Vocal Instability and Narrative Structure (137) by David Foster Wallace

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The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace: Language, Identity, and Resistance
by Clare Hayes-Brady