'liebestod' in The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace: Language, Identity, and Resistance | Bookmarker

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(literary term) erotic death or "love death" meaning the two lovers' consummation of their love in death or after death

"liebestod," meaning love-death, here is interesting; the connection of love with death further highlights the notion of death as a consummation

footnote 17. referring to IJ p884

—p.154 Vocal Instability and Narrative Structure (137) by Clare Hayes-Brady

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