mediated
(en)
intervened with, through an intermediary
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she's receiving heavily mediated data
quoted from Conversations With p. 34
strange
7 years, 8 months ago
she's receiving heavily mediated data
quoted from Conversations With p. 34
strange
7 years, 8 months ago
figurant
(en)
an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)
39
unfiguranted
quoted from IJ. I think DFW coined this word
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
unfiguranted
quoted from IJ. I think DFW coined this word
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
William Gaddis
(en)
an American novelist; one of the first and most important American postmodern writers
64
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
confirm
7 years, 8 months ago
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
confirm
7 years, 8 months ago
Sherwood Anderson
(en)
an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works
64
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
Honoré de Balzac
(en)
a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus
64
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
Georges Perec
(en)
a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play
64
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
listed by DFW as a great fiction writer (by last name only)
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
lisle
(en)
a kind of lacy fabric
79
so that the white stockings' rich violinish curves at the top of the insides of her legs in that white lisle are visible in backlit silhouette
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
so that the white stockings' rich violinish curves at the top of the insides of her legs in that white lisle are visible in backlit silhouette
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
embrasure
(en)
a beveled window, as in a castle
79
an embrasure of sad windowlight shines through her legs
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
an embrasure of sad windowlight shines through her legs
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
figurant
(en)
an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)
80
figurantless crowds
quoted from IJ
notable
7 years, 8 months ago
figurantless crowds
quoted from IJ
notable
7 years, 8 months ago
kif
(en)
a substance, especially cannabis, smoked to produce a drowsy state (from Arabic)
108
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago
quoted from IJ
unknown
7 years, 8 months ago