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1、THECAMBRIDGECOMPANIONTODONDELILLOWiththepublicationofhisseminalnovelWhiteNoise,DonDeLillowaselevatedintothepantheonofgreatAmericanwriters.Hisnovelsareadmiredandstudiedfortheirnarrativetechnique,politicalthemes,andpropheticcommentaryontheculturalcrisesaffectingcontemporaryAmerica.Inanagedominat
2、edbytheimage,DeLillo’sfictionencouragesthereadertothinkhistoricallyaboutsuchmattersastheColdWar,theassassinationofPresidentKennedy,threatstotheenvironment,andterrorism.ThisCompanionchartstheshapeofDeLillo’scareer,hisrelationtotwentieth-centuryaesthetics,andhismajorthemes.Italsoprovidesin-depth
3、assessmentsofhisbest-knownnovels–WhiteNoise,Libra,andUnderworld–whichhavebecomerequiredreadingnotonlyforstudentsofAmericanliterature,butforeveryoneinterestedinthehistoryandthefutureofAmericanculture.AcompletelistofbooksintheseriesisatthebackofthisbookTHECAMBRIDGECOMPANIONTODONDELILLOEDITEDBYJO
4、HNN.DUVALLCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,DelhiCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9
5、780521690898#CambridgeUniversityPress2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished2008PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUn
6、iversityPress,CambridgeAcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdataTheCambridgecompaniontoDonDeLillo/editedbyJohnN.Duvall.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferences(p.)andindex.ISBN978-0-521-87065-8–ISBN978-0-521-69089-8(pbk.)1.DeL
7、illo,Don.–Criticismandinterpretation.I.Duvall,JohnN.(JohnNoel),1956–PS3554.E4425Z5720088130.54–dc222007051672ISBN978-0-521-87065-8hardbackISBN978-0-521-69089-8paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccura