Incomplete Objects and Unfulfilled Desire: Hubert Selby Jr.’s Requiem for a Dream

Sara Goldfarb and her son Harry, two central characters in Hubert Selby Jr.’s Requiem for a Dream, are both addicts. The objects of their desire, a television set and a bag of drugs, are of particular significance because they cannot be enjoyed without a transmitter – an antenna and a syringe. The a...

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Main Author: Łukasz Muniowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of English Studies 2019-09-01
Series:Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
Online Access:http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/issues/anglica-as-a-journal/371-anglica-an-international-journal-of-english-studies-28-1-muniowski
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