macguffin-design
Theories on this crux
| Reading | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Minor structure & design cruxes | favored |
Discussed in
- American Hamlet: Shakespearean Epistemology in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
- IJ Book Club Ep. 04: Hatred of the work is just part of the work — Schtitt & Mario, Tiny Ewell, the first Marathe–Steeply desert section, and the ETA locker room (pp. ~79–121)
- Infinite Cast Part 117: Fackelmann's a dead man (pp. 929–936) — commentary segment (~17 min): Lyle the astral projector, the answer in the skull, puzzle-readers vs vibes-readers
Essays
- E Unibus Pluram and Infinite Jest: the essay that wrote the novel's thesis
- Entertainment and the Self
- Film and Optics
- Hal's collapse: the theories
- Nationalism & O.N.A.N.: the onanist continent
- Structure and Hamlet
- The Aesthetics of Withholding
- The Failed Entertainments
- The Samizdat: A Dossier on the Entertainment