Rambling Raconteur | The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace, Failures of Language (and Excess) @ramblingraconteur1616 | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 8 minutes ago.
A discussion with readings from Wallace's debut novel.

0:00 Introduction
2:03 Wallace on Language
11:57 Wallace's Excess
15:10 Metaphors Succeed and Fail
18:35 Influences, Recommended if You Like

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