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

• Autore: Hirt Stefan
• Pubblicazione: Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.54
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The iron bars of freedom
• ISBN: 3-8382-5954-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Record Nr.: 9910820445203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II