The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo

　　With the publication of his seminal novel White Noise, DonDeLillo was elevated into the pantheon of great American writers.His novels are admired and studied for their narrative technique,political themes, and their prophetic commentary on the culturalcrises affecting contemporary America. In an age dominated by theimage, DeLillo's fiction encourages the reader to thinkhistorically about such matters as the Cold War, the assassinationof President Kennedy, threats to the environment, and terrorism.This Companion charts the shape of DeLillo's career, his relationto twentieth-century aesthetics, and his major themes. It alsoprovides in-depth assessments of his best-known novels, WhiteNoise, Libra, and Underworld, which have become required readingnot only for students of American literature, but for allinterested in the history and the future of American culture.　　Includes detailed discussions of DeLillo's major novels ? Coversthe main themes and milestones in his career, with a chronology ofhis life ? Includes guide to further reading charting the growingnumber of critical studies on DeLillo