Hidden Gems

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_article_6698
dc.title	Hidden Gems. Unexpectedly Poetic Lines Easily Overlooked (?) in Infinite Jest’s Voluminous Flow
dc.contributor.author	Shapiro Mary
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/english-literature/2021/1/hidden-gems/
dc.description.abstract	Although readers are more likely to dwell upon particularly funny, surprising, or disturbing moments in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, the novel contains many instances of breathtaking poeticism. A close reading of a few such lines, hidden gems that could easily be overlooked in the voluminous flow of the novel, demonstrates the array of linguistic variables that Wallace skilfully manipulated to create iconic reminders that moments of beauty and pleasure can be found in the most mundane, ridiculous, and/or depressing of contexts.
dc.relation.ispartof	English Literature
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 8 \| Dicembre 2021
dc.issued	2022-03-16
dc.dateAccepted	2021-11-21
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-09-12
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2420-823X
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2021/08/001
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	David Foster Wallace
dc.subject	Infinite Jest
dc.subject	Linguistic criticism
dc.subject	Poetic language
dc.subject	Stylistics

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Hidden Gems

Unexpectedly Poetic Lines Easily Overlooked (?) in Infinite Jest’s Voluminous Flow

Mary Shapiro Truman State University, USA

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abstract

Although readers are more likely to dwell upon particularly funny, surprising, or disturbing moments in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, the novel contains many instances of breathtaking poeticism. A close reading of a few such lines, hidden gems that could easily be overlooked in the voluminous flow of the novel, demonstrates the array of linguistic variables that Wallace skilfully manipulated to create iconic reminders that moments of beauty and pleasure can be found in the most mundane, ridiculous, and/or depressing of contexts.

Pubblicato

16 Marzo 2022

Accettato

21 Novembre 2021

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12 Settembre 2021

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Keywords: Stylistics • Linguistic criticism • David Foster Wallace • Infinite Jest • Poetic language

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