Essays about: "Accidie"

Found 1 essay containing the word Accidie.

  1. 1. 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