Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Chapter 1 New York City
- Chapter 2 The Bronx
- Chapter 3 The American Southwest
- Chapter 4 The World
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - The Bronx
Don DeLillo’s Underworlds: Mystery and Manners
from Part I - Places
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Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Chapter 1 New York City
- Chapter 2 The Bronx
- Chapter 3 The American Southwest
- Chapter 4 The World
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Summary
Throughout DeLillo's fiction, DeLillo, like Underworld's Nick Shay, shakes free from the constraints of his own biographical history and personal relationship with the Bronx in particular.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 15 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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