Essays about: "The Pale King"

Found 2 essays containing the words The Pale King.

  1. 1. Lost in a Bureaucratic World A Thematic Study of Boredom in David Foster Wallace's The Pale King

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Julia Englund Örn; [2015-10-16]
    Keywords : David Foster Wallace; The Pale King; bureaucracy; melancholia;

    Abstract : Abstract: In David Foster Wallace's novel The Pale King, two themes appear connected to each other. The first is that of boredom. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pale King or Noonday Demon? Acedia, The Pale King, and David Foster Wallace's Moral Vision.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Michael; [2012]
    Keywords : David Foster Wallace; Acedia; The Pale King; Infinite Jest; Evagrius; Sloth; Accidie; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay argues that acedia is a helpful concept in illuminating the fiction of the American author David Foster Wallace, particularly his unfinished novel The Pale King. Following a brief biographical sketch of Wallace, the essay explores the development of the term acedia—which means something along the lines of apathy, sloth, and listlessness—and the two types of acedia: personal acedia and the broader form of cultural acedia. READ MORE