Definitive Jest
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Definitive Jest
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest is, in my mind, a nearly-incomparable novel. It is rich and dense, and also initially challenging. The determined reader, however, is well-rewarded for her/his efforts. Plot-structure complications aside, one of these difficulties is the work's extremely erudite vocabulary.
As I re-read Infinite Jest, I've noted interesting or unusual words. These words form the content of Definitive Jest.
Definitive Jest is a vocabulary-building and SNOOT-approved word-of-the-day blog centered around David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest is, in my mind, a nearly-incomparable novel. It is rich and dense, and also initially challenging. The determined reader, however, is well-rewarded for her/his efforts. Plot-structure complications aside, one of these difficulties is the work's extremely erudite vocabulary.
As I re-read Infinite Jest, I've noted interesting or unusual words. These words form the content of Definitive Jest.
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I love this...
I would love more a twitter account that alerted me to new postings in the form of:
@definitivejest word - brief definition - link to blog page
Also, it would be nice to see the sentence each word was used in quoted directly.
posted by j03 at 4:14 AM on January 4, 2012
I would love more a twitter account that alerted me to new postings in the form of:
@definitivejest word - brief definition - link to blog page
Also, it would be nice to see the sentence each word was used in quoted directly.
posted by j03 at 4:14 AM on January 4, 2012
Thank-you for the suggestions jO3. I'll look into the Twitter idea - I've never used it before, but probably a smart move.
As for the sentence, I'll be incorporating examples on occasion.
posted by iftheaccidentwill at 12:58 PM on January 4, 2012
As for the sentence, I'll be incorporating examples on occasion.
posted by iftheaccidentwill at 12:58 PM on January 4, 2012
Cool. A similar project lists many of the words here: http://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=A
posted by mattbucher at 2:42 PM on January 4, 2012
posted by mattbucher at 2:42 PM on January 4, 2012
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posted by iftheaccidentwill at 4:44 PM on January 3, 2012