Don DeLillo: Mao II / Underworld / Falling Man. Ed. Stacey Olster.

The latest volume of the Continuum Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction is dedicated to three of the most influential recent novels written by Don DeLillo: Mao II, Underworld and Falling Man. These novels are set in pivotal moments of recent history, the end of the Cold War, the millenniu...

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In:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas,
Main Author: Tseti, Angeliki
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Anglais
Published: European journal of American studies 2022
Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:The latest volume of the Continuum Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction is dedicated to three of the most influential recent novels written by Don DeLillo: Mao II, Underworld and Falling Man. These novels are set in pivotal moments of recent history, the end of the Cold War, the millennium and 9/11 and, so, offer fertile ground for the investigation of themes, such as terrorism, consumerism and globalism, that are dominant in the author’s entire oeuvre; what is more, the contributi...