{"product_id":"appreciating-don-delillo","title":"Appreciating Don DeLillo","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn insightful work providing state-of-the-art critical guidance and informative commentary on the major novels of Don DeLillo in terms of how they respond to current social and ethical issues.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nUnlike the majority of American academic critics, author Paul Giaimo contends that Don DeLillo's award-winning novels are fully defined by neither postmodernism nor modernism. To demonstrate this thesis, \u003ci\u003eAppreciating Don DeLillo: The Moral Force of a Writer's Work\u003c\/i\u003e traces DeLillo's style through his novels, showing how it evolved from a recognizably postmodern mode into a realistic treatment of contemporary, postmodern conditions. \n\nIn this original and nuanced examination, Giaimo discusses themes that range from the devastating portrayals of evil in \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCosmopolis\u003c\/i\u003e, to the good and inspiring confrontation of media stereotypes and urban missionary work in \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e. The powerful vision of language in \u003ci\u003eThe Names\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e is examined as a potent moral force of the novels. Equally important is discussion of the cultural background Giaimo believes should inform any reading of DeLillo's work, especially his Italian-American ethnic heritage and the American Catholic church of the 1950s.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220301140312,"sku":"9780313386244","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/appreciating-don-delillo","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}