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Chapter 20 - Technology

Science/Fiction

from Part V - Material Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

By
Randy Laist
Edited by
Jesse Kavadlo
Jesse Kavadlo
Affiliation:
Maryville University of Saint Louis, Missouri
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Summary

Perhaps more than any other single context, technology is the concept most frequently associated with DeLillo's fiction. Over the five decades since DeLillo published his first novel, technological innovations have played an increasingly prominent role in establishing the pace and rhythm of life in the Western world, and DeLillo's fiction reflects that, including concomitant ambivalences toward technology and technological change.

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Don DeLillotechnologysciencetelevisionInternetphotography
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Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 189 - 195
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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DeLillo, Don. Americana. Houghton Mifflin. Penguin, 1989.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. End Zone. Houghton Mifflin. Penguin, 1986.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. Cosmopolis. Scribner, 2003.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. Libra. Viking, 1988.Google Scholar
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DeLillo, Don. The Names. Knopf, 1982.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. Point Omega. Scribner, 2010.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. Running Dog. Knopf, 1978.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. Underworld. Scribner, 1997.Google Scholar
DeLillo, Don. White Noise. Viking, 1985.Google Scholar
Ellul, Jacques. The Technological Society. Translated by Wilkinson, John. Vintage, 1964.Google Scholar

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