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The Double Bind and Addiction in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4275432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul M Curtis (0000-0001-5845-0029, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 37-52 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mosaic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-1276 • E-ISSN: 1925-5683 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mos.2016.a640850 |
| OpenAlex | W2586571878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay, contending that the double bind is the hermeneutic crux of Infinite Jest, proceeds by reviewing the origins of the phrase (Gregory Bateson), by summarizing David Foster Wallace’s use of it in his non-fiction, and by reading very closely three occasions of the phrase in the novel
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Phrase · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Philosophy · Psychology · Short Stories in Global Literature · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |