Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Chapter 16 Intertextuality
- Chapter 17 Genre and Genre Theory
- Chapter 18 Modernism and Postmodernism
- Chapter 19 Postmodernism and Literary Criticism
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Modernism and Postmodernism
A Quantum Perspective: Modernist Depths and Postmodernist Connections
from Part IV - Literary Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Chapter 16 Intertextuality
- Chapter 17 Genre and Genre Theory
- Chapter 18 Modernism and Postmodernism
- Chapter 19 Postmodernism and Literary Criticism
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Summary
Don DeLillo's work is frequently described as postmodern, even as his stated influences are modernists. This chapter discusses both terms in relation to DeLillo's work, toward an understanding that neither label necessarily brings readers towards a clearer understanding.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 172 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022