"Hiding In Plain Sight": Seeing and Forgetting Reality in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion
Critics routinely note the bleak world portrayed in David Foster Wallace's Oblivion: Stories. This article argues that the collection's pessimism comes from its characters' inability to see what is "hidden in plain sight" about the world's most "real and essential&...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2022
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 601-618 |
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Self-awareness
B Blindness B spirituality in literature B religion in literature B David Foster Wallace |
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