The iron bars of freedom : David Foster Wallace and the postmodern self / Stefan Hirt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirt, Stefan, author.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Wallace, David Foster.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem Verlag, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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"". This book aims to provide the reader of Wallace's novel with one (of many) possible thread(s) which might lead him through the textual labyrinth of ""Infinite Jest"". It is concerned with the issues of narcissism, addiction, depression, and despa

Contents:

""4. ""Unconscious Despair"" in Infinite Jest""""a. Escape into the Finite""; ""b. Escape into the Infinite""; ""5. ""Shame"" and the ""Look""""; ""6. ""Conscious Despair"" in Infinite Jest""; ""7. ""Freedom in Chains""""; ""8. Self-Consciousness, ""Nausea"" and Addiction""; ""9. Addiction as ""Despair""""; ""10. ""Despair of Weakness and Defiance""""; ""11. Postmodernism and ""Despair""""; ""12. ""Abjection""""; ""D. Therapy""; ""1. Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents (A.F.R.)""; ""2. The Enfield Tennis Academy (E.T.A.)""; ""3. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)""; ""a. Self-Surrender""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783838259543

3838259548

OCLC:

903956447