'hermetic' in David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels | Bookmarker

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(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

hermetic, enclosed, and self-referencing fictional structures

quoting Marshall Boswell (Understanding DFW I think?)

—p.9 David Foster Wallace and the Novel of Ideas (3) by Marshall Boswell

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