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The Killing Vision: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest

open access: yes, 2016
In this essay I propose to look at the imaginary film Infinite Jest, described in the homonymous novel by David Foster Wallace, interpreting it as a postmodern rewriting of the ancient topos of the killing vision. In the novel, Infinite Jest is a film realized by the brilliant physicist and “après-garde” filmmaker James O. Incandenza.
ERCOLINO S, Ercolino, S
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The Coatlicue Complex in David Foster Wallace's INFINITE JEST

Explicator, 2014
When midway through David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest (1996) a psychologist probes the main character, Hal Incandenza, on “something she keeps calling the Coatlicue Complex” (516), the narrator ...
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Diversity in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest

open access: yes, 2023
The aim of the paper is to analyze the novel Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace through the lens of feminist theory, queer theory, and general notions on how to write about diversity. The main thesis is that Wallace used popular tropes in the 1990s and introduced a whole range of diverse characters, but he did it unsuccessfully.
Aras, Iva
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