American Magic and Dread: The Fiction of Don Delillo

by Mark Osteen

Don DeLillo once remarked to an interviewer that his intention is to use "the whole picture, the whole culture," of America. Since the publication of his first novel Americana in 1971, DeLillo has explored modern American culture through a series of acclaimed novels, including White Noise (1985; winner of the American Book Award), Libra (1988), and Underworld (1997).

For Mark Osteen, the most bracing and unsettling feature of DeLillo's work...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812235517
• ISBN13: 9780812235517
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"