Don DeLillo : the physics of language / David Cowart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowart, David, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DeLillo, Don--Criticism and interpretation.

DeLillo, Don.

Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 "For me the crux of the whole matter is language"

1. Football and Unsaglichkeit: End Zone 17

2. Pharmaceutical Philomela: Great Jones Street 33

3. Mortal Stakes: Players 43

4. The Naive and Sentimental Reader: Running Dog 55

Part 2 "Before everything, there's language"

5. Timor Mortis Conturbat Me: White Noise 71

6. Convergence of the Twain: Libra 91

7. "Our Only Language Is Beirut": Mao II 111

Part 3 "The word beyond speech"

8. For Whom Bell Tolls: Americana 131

9. "More Advanced the Deeper We Dig": Ratner's Star 145

10. "The Deepest Being": Language in The Names 162

11. "The Physics of Language": Underworld 181

12. DeLillolalia: From Underworld to The Body Artist 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.

ISBN:

0820323209

OCLC:

47216427