Infinite Jest
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Infinite Jest is a sprawling, postmodern novel by David Foster Wallace known for its complex structure, extensive endnotes, and darkly comic exploration of addiction, entertainment, and contemporary American life.
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literary work
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novel → postmodern novel → |
| author |
David Foster Wallace
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| considered |
one of the major American novels of the late 20th century
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
acclaimed
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his parents
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| explores |
contemporary American life
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substance abuse and recovery communities → the culture of entertainment → |
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Avril Incandenza
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Don Gately → Hal Incandenza → James O. Incandenza NERFINISHED → Joelle Van Dyne → Mario Incandenza → Orin Incandenza → |
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Subsidized Time
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the Entertainment (lethal film cartridge) → |
| followedBy |
The Pale King
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| follows |
The Broom of the System
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| genre |
encyclopedic novel
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literary fiction → postmodern literature → satire → tragicomedy → |
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stage adaptations
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| hasNotableFeature |
complex narrative structure
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dark humor → extensive endnotes → footnotes and endnotes as narrative device → multiple narrative voices → nonlinear timeline → |
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Enfield Tennis Academy
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Ennet House Drug and Alcohol Recovery House → Greater Boston area → near-future North America → |
| includedInList |
TIME magazine’s 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005
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| influenced |
contemporary American fiction
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| isbn10 |
0316920045
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| language |
English
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| mainTheme |
American consumer culture
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addiction → depression → entertainment → entertainment as control → family dysfunction → free will → loneliness → pleasure and pain → recovery → spectacle and media → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person limited
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| narrativeTechnique |
shifts in point of view
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stream of consciousness → |
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print
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| pageCount |
1079
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| placeOfPublication |
Boston
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| publicationDate |
1996-02-01
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| publisher |
Little, Brown and Company
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| setInPeriod |
late 20th century
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| titleOrigin |
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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| titlePhraseFrom |
“Alas, poor Yorick” speech in Hamlet
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David Foster Wallace
("novel "Infinite Jest"")
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David Foster Wallace
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Little, Brown and Company
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