Naas, Michael. Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo’s America

Viktoriia Grivina*

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Abstract

Book review of Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America by Michael Naas, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. ISBN 9781501390685. This monograph is a sequel to Don DeLillo, American Original: Drugs, Weapons, Erotica and Other Literary Contraband (Bloomsbury, 2020). Naas continues his comprehensive study of DeLillo’s texts, presenting an illustrative example of close reading. The volume is dedicated to the theme of ‘last things’ (p. xi), apocalypse, dying and decay.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)286-286
Number of pages1
JournalForum for Modern Language Studies
Volume60
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jul 2024

Keywords

  • DeLillo
  • Apocalyptic
  • Ruins
  • American literature
  • Apocalyptic discourse

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