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Zusatztext In Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America , Michael Naas artfully delineates the dense web of thematic crosscurrents and connections that run through DeLillo’s entire oeuvre. Naas foregrounds the pleasure of reading DeLillo, allowing the humour of the works to be reflected in his own distinctive and accessible writing style. Naas reads DeLillo’s fiction as a body of theoretical enquiry in itself rather than applying existing theory and criticism, making this an innovative and necessary addition to scholarship. Informationen zum Autor Michael Naas Klappentext "An innovative look at the relevance of DeLillo's work to contemporary literature and thought through the lens of "last things," like death, mourning, and the decline of the American empire"-- Zusammenfassung An innovative look at the relevance of DeLillo’s work to contemporary literature and thought through the lens of “last things,” like death, mourning, and the decline of the American empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations of Works by Don DeLillo Preface: Last Things 1. Countermovements America.New York, New York."USA! USA! USA!".The West, the Desert, and, Inevitably, California.Automobiles.Airplanes.Beyond America 2. Countercurrents Sports, Games, Sports Gaming.Academia.Philosophy.Technologies of Life and Death 3. Counterproductions Empire, Capital, the Corporation.Money.Advertising.Consumerism and Waste 4. Counterhistories American History 2.0.Terrorism.9-11, The Twin Towers.Creation and Ruin.War and Peace 5. Countermeasures Self and Others.The Individual and the Crowd.Prophylactics and Purifications...The Shit, the Shower, the Shave, and the Haircut 6. Counterforces Life and Death.Mourning.The Afterlife.The Apocalypse.The Omega Point, the Death Drive 7. Counterworlds Space.Time.Space-Time.Religion. Miracles.The Everyday.Earth, Moon, Sun.Radiance Conclusion: Silent Mode (The Future of Contraband) Acknowledgements ...
