LEADER 02546nam 2200481 450 001 9910820445203321 005 20230801231739.0 010 $a3-8382-5954-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000547977 035 $a(EBL)3029489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001470464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11857165 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001470464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11412215 035 $a(PQKB)10634191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2056737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5781813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5781813 035 $a(OCoLC)903956447 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000547977 100 $a20190620d2012 uy 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe iron bars of freedom $eDavid Foster Wallace and the postmodern self /$fStefan Hirt 210 1$aStuttgart, Germany :$cIbidem Verlag,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-89821-954-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""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"" 330 $aDavid 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 676 $a813.54 700 $aHirt$b Stefan$01598404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820445203321 996 $aThe iron bars of freedom$93941250 997 $aUNINA