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David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form
by David Hering

David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form
by David Hering

David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form
by David Hering

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Introduction

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on how DFW criticism exploded after his death, mostly edited collections; now, we're in second wave where there are more monographs (he mentions Unspeakable Failures and Gospel which were unreleased at time of writing), which this book joins. talks about the Harry Ransom Centre at the University of Texas in Austin.

Hering, D. (2016). Introduction. In Hering, D. David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 1-14

circumscription (en)

the act of circumscribing or something that circumscribes (constrict range of activity, draw a line or boundary around)

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a certain circumscription of example

—p.3 by David Hering
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a certain circumscription of example

—p.3 by David Hering
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palimpsest (en)

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain

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a palimpsest compositional history of the fiction

—p.4 by David Hering
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a palimpsest compositional history of the fiction

—p.4 by David Hering
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mise-en-abyme (fr)

term derived from heraldry; means "placed into abyss"

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within the formal model of mise-en-abyme

—p.6 by David Hering
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within the formal model of mise-en-abyme

—p.6 by David Hering
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ab ovo (la)

from the very beginning; from the egg

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began ab ovo to flag up

quoting Hannah Sullivan?

—p.11 missing author
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began ab ovo to flag up

quoting Hannah Sullivan?

—p.11 missing author
notable
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imbricated (en)

arranged (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles

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through an imbricated analysis of an early draft

—p.11 by David Hering
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through an imbricated analysis of an early draft

—p.11 by David Hering
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7 years, 11 months ago