Don DeLillo's White Noise: A Reader's Guide

leonard orr

A critical examination of "White Noise" by Don Delillo, this title forms part of a series that aims to provide accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to give a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.The books in the series all follow the same five-part structure: a short biography of the novelist; a full-length study of the novel, drawing out the most important themes and ideas; a summary of how the novel was received when it was first published; a summary of the novel's standing today, including any film or television adaptations; and a helpful list of discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and useful websites.

Genres fictionessays

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 10,2003

Series

Continuum Contemporaries

This edition

Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Published: May 1, 2003 by Continuum
ISBN: 9780826414748
ASIN: 0826414745
Language: English

About the author

leonard orr

Leonard Orr, Professor of English, Washington State University Vancouver. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton and his Ph.D. in English from Ohio State University. He has been with Washington State University since 1991. He has taught about eighty different courses in criticism, comparative and world literatures, and British and American literature, especially Twentieth-Century. In recent years, he has developed work in the areas of Holocaust representation and literature of exile (he has received research fellowships from the Holocaust Education Foundation, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem). He is the author or editor of thirteen books of literary criticism or critical theory. His most recent books are Joyce, Imperialism, and Postcolonialism (Syracuse University Press, 2008), and Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (Continuum, 2009) and two collections of poetry, Why We Have Evening (Cherry Grove, 2010) and Timing Is Everything (Cherry Grove, 2012). He was named the Lewis E. and Stella G. Buchanan Distinguished Professor of English (2005-08).

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