Don Delillo (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

✍ Scribed by Harold Bloom (Editor)

Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 191
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Don DeLillo is one of the most respected and widely discussed writers of the current age. His keen eye and incisive depictions of contemporary American culture have secured his place as a unique, yet serious literary stylist. Learn more about the author of works such as Mao II, White Noise, and the award-winning Underworld, through the critical essays included in this text. This title, Don DeLillo, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Don DeLillo through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Don DeLillo, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

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