Prof Michael Naas (USA DePaul University)

Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America

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Produktbeschreibung

"An innovative look at the relevance of DeLillo's work to contemporary literature and thought through the lens of "last things," like death, mourning, and the decline of the American empire"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 146mm x 222mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781501390692
• ISBN-10: 1501390694
• Artikelnr.: 63401131

Autorenporträt

Michael Naas is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, USA. He is the author of Don DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica, and Other Literary Contraband (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations of Works by Don DeLillo Preface: Last Things 1. Countermovements America.New York
New York."USA! USA! USA!".The West
the Desert
and
Inevitably
California.Automobiles.Airplanes.Beyond America 2. Countercurrents Sports
Games
Sports Gaming.Academia.Philosophy.Technologies of Life and Death 3. Counterproductions Empire
Capital
the Corporation.Money.Advertising.Consumerism and Waste 4. Counterhistories American History 2.0.Terrorism.9-11
The Twin Towers.Creation and Ruin.War and Peace 5. Countermeasures Self and Others.The Individual and the Crowd.Prophylactics and Purifications...The Shit
the Shower
the Shave
and the Haircut 6. Counterforces Life and Death.Mourning.The Afterlife.The Apocalypse.The Omega Point
the Death Drive 7. Counterworlds Space.Time.Space-Time.Religion. Miracles.The Everyday.Earth
Moon
Sun.Radiance Conclusion: Silent Mode (The Future of Contraband) Acknowledgements