Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All

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essay nonfiction work

"Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All" is a David Foster Wallace essay that satirically examines the culture and experience of attending the Illinois State Fair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay ⓘ
nonfiction work ⓘ
author David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
critiques commercialization of local culture ⓘ
media stereotypes of the Midwest ⓘ
culturalContext late 20th-century American culture ⓘ
depicts crowds at the fair ⓘ
fairground attractions ⓘ
food vendors ⓘ
livestock competitions ⓘ
explores ironic detachment ⓘ
tension between authenticity and spectacle ⓘ
urban versus rural attitudes ⓘ
features detailed description ⓘ
digressive footnotes ⓘ
self-reflexive commentary ⓘ
focusesOn visitor experience at the Illinois State Fair ⓘ
genre literary journalism ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasPlaceInAuthorOeuvre early nonfiction ⓘ
hasTitleType long-form title ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainTheme American popular culture ⓘ
Midwestern culture ⓘ
irony ⓘ
mass entertainment ⓘ
spectacle ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
setting Illinois State Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
style digressive ⓘ
essayistic ⓘ
highly descriptive ⓘ
subjectMatter consumerism ⓘ
rural America ⓘ
state fairs ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
observational ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
uses colloquial language ⓘ
extended metaphors ⓘ
ironic self-presentation of the narrator ⓘ
workOf David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ

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