David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest

Hirt, Stefan: The Iron Bars of Freedom David Foster Wallace and the Postmodern Self, IBIDEM, ISBN: 3898219542
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest is one of the most ambitious American novels of the last decade. Its huge scope, its immense array of characters, and Wallace's artful mastery of language make it a complex and sometimes difficult text that has frequently been compared with other works of magnitude such as Ulysses and Gravity's Rainbow. BR This study is an attempt to provide the reader of Wallace's novel with one (of many) possible threads which might lead him through the textual labyrinth of Infinite Jest. It is concerned with the issues of narcissism, addiction, depression, and despair and interprets the novel within an Existentialist framework drawn from the philosophical works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Sören Kierkegaard. It analyzes Wallace's portrayal of contemporary existence inside a society that, paradoxically, entraps the individual self exactly by exposing it to an unprecedented state of freedom. Furthermore, this study discusses the counter-proposals which Wallace weighs against postmodern culture. Infinite Jest is thus set in relation to Postmodern literature, and the similarities as well as the differences between this literary period and Infinite Jest are illuminated.

NEUBUCH! 2008. 166 p. 21 cm

[KW: Wallace, David Foster]

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David Lipsky: Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, TURNAROUND PUBLISHER SERVICES, 040 ISBN: 030759243X
An indelible portrait of David Foster Wallace, by turns funny and inspiring, based on a five-day trip with award-winning writer Lipsky during Wallace's Infinite Jest tour.

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[KW: Wallace, David Foster, USA; Reise-/Erlebnisber.,Englisch; Reise-/Erlebnisberichte]

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Triendl, Irene: Philosophy and Performance in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" A Reading, VDM VERLAG DR. MÜLLER, , Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3639119444
This study is an attempt at a reading of David FosterWallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest that examinesthis massive work of fiction from a formal point ofview. After a discussion of Wallace's position inpostmodern literature the study takes a close look atsome salient stylistic features, especially thenovel's narrative technique. Thus, it exposes anunderlying formal structure in a novel whosestrategies of opacity and ambiguity have confused andfrustrated many readers. From this basis, the authordevelops a conception of Infinite Jest as a novelof ideas and examines themes the novel shares withPlato's Republic. The final chapter deals withvarious notions of performance apparent inInfinite Jest, such as role-playing, pretense,performance for an audience, and ritual.

NEUBUCH! 2009. 128 S.

[KW: Performance]

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David Foster Wallace: Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Essays and Arguments, ABACUS, Februar 1998 ISBN: 0349110018
*Razor-sharp cultural commentary and hilarious social observation from the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST.

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[KW: Karibik; Reise-/Erlebnisber.,Englisch; Reise-/Erlebnisberichte, Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen]

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