The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo

WiththepublicationofhisseminalnovelWhiteNoise,DonDeLillowaselevatedintothepantheonofgreatAmericanwriters.Hisnovelsareadmiredandstudiedfortheirnarrativetechnique,politicalthemes,andtheirpropheticcommentaryontheculturalcrisesaffectingcontemporaryAmerica.Inanagedominatedbytheimage,DeLillo'sfictionencouragesthereadertothinkhistoricallyaboutsuchmattersastheColdWar,theassassinationofPresidentKennedy,threatstotheenvironment,andterrorism.ThisCompanionchartstheshapeofDeLillo'scareer,hisrelationtotwentieth-centuryaesthetics,andhismajorthemes.Italsoprovidesin-depthassessmentsofhisbest-knownnovels,WhiteNoise,Libra,andUnderworld,whichhavebecomerequiredreadingnotonlyforstudentsofAmericanliterature,butforallinterestedinthehistoryandthefutureofAmericanculture.IncludesdetaileddiscussionsofDeLillo'smajornovels?Coversthemainthemesandmilestonesinhiscareer,withachronologyofhislife?IncludesguidetofurtherreadingchartingthegrowingnumberofcriticalstudiesonDeLillo