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On the other hand, DFW was against the cute, post-modernist self-references in things like Danielewski's "House Of Leaves". Infinite Jest was acclaimed academi
by platz 10y ago
On the other hand, DFW was against the cute, post-modernist self-references in things like Danielewski's "House Of Leaves".
Infinite Jest was acclaimed academically because it was a fresh return to un-ironic content and narrative.
I think IJ is more layers than recursive loops.
- chipgap98 10y agoI think you are exactly right about his view on self-references [0] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doZROwdte4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doZROwdte4
- cmyr 10y agoon the point of recursive loops: The most amazing thing about IJ, to me, is how the book itself _does_ recurse; chronologically the first scene in the book takes place after the last, and when you reach then end you could reasonably start again from the beginning, with the knowledge you've picked up on your first reading informing your second and fundamentally changing the tone and mood of the book. i.e./tl;dr, Infinite Jest is itself the infinite entertainment it describes.