Michael Naas, Don DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica, and Other Literary Contraband.
Don DeLillo is one of the most prolific writersin contemporary American literature. Don DeLillo, American Original is ambitious, then, in drawing the entire corpus of DeLillo’s fiction under a new definition of the term “contraband.” “Contraband” defines both the content of DeLillo’s fiction (from...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Don DeLillo is one of the most prolific writersin contemporary American literature. Don DeLillo, American Original is ambitious, then, in drawing the entire corpus of DeLillo’s fiction under a new definition of the term “contraband.” “Contraband” defines both the content of DeLillo’s fiction (from secrets to nuclear weapons) and its form: contraband is everywhere in DeLillo’s work, and the literature itself is a contrabanding entity, providing counterpoints, counternarratives, and literary “... |
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