Introducing Don DeLillo

by Frank Lentricchia

If you want to find out what a rock critic, a syndicated columnist, and scholars of American literature have to say about one of America’s most important contemporary novelists, turn to Introducing Don DeLillo. Placing the author’s work in a cultural context, this is the first book-length collection on DeLillo, adding considerably to the emerging critical discourse on his work.
Diversity is the key to this striking assemblage of cultural criticism edited by Frank Lentricchia. Special features include an expanded version of the Rolling Stone interview with the author (“An Outsider in this Society”) and the extraordinary tenth chapter of DeLillo’s Ratner’s Star. Accessibly written and entertaining, the collection will be of great interest to both students and scholars of contemporary American literature as well as to general readers interested in DeLillo’s work. Contributors. Frank Lentricchia, Anthony Decurtis, Daniel Aaron, Hal Crowther, John A. McClure, Eugene Goodheart, Charles Molesworth, Dennis A. Foster, and John Frow

Genres: 20th Century, Criticism

232 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Маx Nestelieiev · Rating 3 out of 5]

непогана збірка статей, але нічого надто цікавого чи нового, можна виділити хіба що статтю упорядника про "Терези"

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

great collection of interviews. Anyone who's read a few DeLillo novels will enjoy what the author has to say about his works.

[m · Rating 3 out of 5]

good.

[KK Celine · Rating 3 out of 5]

good intro to DeLillo. Not as thorough as I'd have liked, but works well for the uninitiated