Understanding Don Delillo

A deft survey of the literary achievements of an author cited by Harold Bloom as one of the most influential writers of our time

About the author

Henry Veggian is a lecturer of English and comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He edits for boundary 2 and Rodopi Editions.

Summary

Introduces readers to one of the most influential American writers of the last half- century. Henry Veggian traces the evolution of DeLillo's work through the three phases of his career as a fiction writer, from the experimental early novels, through the critically acclaimed works of the mid-1980s and 1990s, into the smaller but newly innovative novels of the last decade.

Product details

• Authors: William Mcpheron, Henry Veggian
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2014
• EAN: 9781611174441
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-444-1
• No. of pages: 147
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature; Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies