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
- Chapter 5 The Cold War
- Chapter 6 The Kennedy Assassination
- Chapter 7 Terrorism
- Chapter 8 The Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 9 Prescience
- 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 8 - The Twenty-First Century
March Madness: Don DeLillo in the Age of Global Interdependence
from Part II - History and Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
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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
- Part II History and Politics
- Chapter 5 The Cold War
- Chapter 6 The Kennedy Assassination
- Chapter 7 Terrorism
- Chapter 8 The Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 9 Prescience
- 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
While the Cold War provides a clear basis for context when reading DeLillo's Underworld, events of the twenty-first century, after the novel's publication, also offer insight into our shifting understanding of the novel and the Cold War itself.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 77 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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