New Perspectives on "White Noise"

Author: Rendu Qiawa
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: White Noise tells the story of a professor who studies Hitler and his family, and is an innovative work by Don DeLillo that has received extensive reviews and praise. In the introduction to this book, Frank Lentricchia outlines the criticism of the novel while comparing these critiques with Don DeLillo's other works. Other discussions in the book explore DeLillo's views on family, his perspective on divorce, the role of Hitler in the 20th century, technology as a moral threat, and postmodern America, among other topics. This book provides a highly constructive critical approach to studying this important contemporary work by DeLillo.