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Chapter 29 - The Concept of Authorship
from Part VII - Writing and Writers
- By Marjorie Worthington
Edited by Jesse Kavadlo
Book:

Don DeLillo In Context

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19 May 2022

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02 June 2022, pp 283-290
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DeLillo has often been portrayed as a “reclusive author.” Even though this characterization of the man himself is not quite accurate, DeLillo’s work is rife with images of artists as solitary geniuses who eschew the spotlight. On a structural level, that image is manifested as well in how DeLillo himself rejects the postmodernist trend toward self-reflexivity and metafictional authorial intrusions. Instead, DeLillo’s work evinces the artistry of a distant but still controlling godlike author-figure, whom his characters can sense but not see.

Chapter 7 - Terrorism
from Part II - History and Politics
- By Margaret Scanlan
Edited by Jesse Kavadlo
Book:

Don DeLillo In Context

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19 May 2022

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02 June 2022, pp 68-76
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This chapter delves into one of DeLillo's frequently recurring themes, terrorism, yet develops the ways in which different novels' approaches to understanding terrorism significantly differ despite their surface similarities.

Chapter 4 - The World
from Part I - Places
- By Cornelius Collins
Edited by Jesse Kavadlo
Book:

Don DeLillo In Context

Published online:

19 May 2022

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02 June 2022, pp 39-46
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If Underworld was primarily responsible for bringing DeLillo into worldwide critical consideration, his new global audiences have not stopped reading him. Once the darling of a coterie of American academics, DeLillo now belongs to the world.