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
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Chapter 29 The Concept of Authorship
- Chapter 30 The Writing Process
- Chapter 31 Advertising
- Conclusion: Don DeLillo’s Literary Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Chapter 30 - The Writing Process
“A Book Determines Its Own Dimensions”: Observing, Writing, Typing
from Part VII - Writing and Writers
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
- 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
- Chapter 29 The Concept of Authorship
- Chapter 30 The Writing Process
- Chapter 31 Advertising
- Conclusion: Don DeLillo’s Literary Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter gives an account of DeLillo’s working habits and disciplines – what he once called “a deep, very radical sense of habit” – and his theory of writing, most of which has been culled from direct interviews.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 291 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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