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David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell

David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
by Marshall Boswell

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immanence (en)

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

90

first encountered recently (in a DFW-related book I think)

—p.90 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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first encountered recently (in a DFW-related book I think)

—p.90 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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aporia (en)

(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

92

how they manifest in the aporia between self and other

—p.92 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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how they manifest in the aporia between self and other

—p.92 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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eminently (en)

to a notable degree; very

93

eminently destructible

—p.93 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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eminently destructible

—p.93 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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arche (grk)

beginning

95
—p.95 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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—p.95 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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telos (en)

(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)

95
—p.95 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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—p.95 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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fugue state (en)

rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality

96
—p.96 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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—p.96 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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superego (en)

ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (acc to Sigmund Freud)

97
—p.97 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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—p.97 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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unheimlich (de)

uncanny (used by Freud)

97
—p.97 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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—p.97 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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Arnoldian (en)

of or relating to Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), British poet and cultural critic who celebrated virtue

99

Arnoldian-reverse

—p.99 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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Arnoldian-reverse

—p.99 "Then Out of the Rubble": David Foster Wallace's Early Fiction (85) by Bradley J. Fest
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maxillofacial (en)

relating to the jaws and face

108

maxillofacial yeast

—p.108 Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest (107) missing author
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maxillofacial yeast

—p.108 Representing Entertainment in Infinite Jest (107) missing author
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