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White Noise by Don Delillo

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White Noise Quotes
1,441 words, approx. 5 pages
White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo , and is an example of postmodern literature . Widely considered his "breakout" work, the book won the National Book Award in 1985 Contents 1 Alfonse 2 Babette 3 Heinrich 4 Jack 5 Murray 6 Vernon 7 Winnie...


Author Biography

Name: Don DeLillo
Variant Name: Cleo Birdwell
Birth Date: November 20, 1936
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Italian
Gender: Male

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Biography of Don DeLillo
13504 words, approx. 45 pages
Over the past twenty-five years, Don DeLillo has established himself as one of the most important contemporary American novelists. Prolific and wide-ranging, he has published ten major novels that rework a variety of narrative genres, creating something...
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Biography of Don DeLillo
3469 words, approx. 11.6 pages
Don DeLillo writes novels that are loose-knit fabrications of the tensions, preoccupations, and manias of modern America. His books are usually shaped around a central character whose behavior is a means of defending against the stresses in his life. Onl...


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White Noise Information
807 words, approx. 3 pages
White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, and is an example of postmodern literature. Widely considered his "breakout" work, the book won the National Book Award in 1985 and brought him to the attention of a much larger...


News and Journals
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The Village Voice
White Noise
01/12/2005: 413 words, approx. 1 pages
WHITE NOISE Directed by Geoffrey Sax Universal, in release Michael Keaton back from the dead in paranormal thriller This is the language of waves and radiation, or how the dead speaktothe living," wrote Don DeLiIIo 20 years ago in White...
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American Journalism Review
White Noise.
01/01/1999: 4,357 words, approx. 15 pages
The Starr Report was posted on the Internet on Sep 11, 1998, giving rise to more debate, speculations, and opinions about President Bill Clinton's presidency and Monica Lewinsky's future. Although much of the public seems uninterested in details of the scandal, the news media...
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The New York Observer
White Noise? Streisand's Scarier!
1/16/2005: 2,236 words, approx. 8 pages
The old year hasn't really ended. The new year is still making up its mind. It's a time for the crumbs-the morsels left over from the banquet that fall on the floor for the dogs.The movies are off to a roaring thud. Michael Keaton is...
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AP Features
Holiday gifts for travelers
11/5/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pages
Looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves to travel?Here are some recommendations from experts across the travel industry, from cruise specialists and Web site editors, to Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler and Delta flight attendant David Lang. (Retail prices may vary.)___FOR THE TRIP_...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Michael J. Shapiro
8,477 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Shapiro discusses the textual framework provided in Don DeLillo's White Noise for experiencing fears that are typically obscured in modern life by a complex of social codes and distanced by the prevalence of electronic media.
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Critical Essay by Gregory Salyer
8,073 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Salyer explicates the religious dimension of American cultural phenomenon represented in White Noise, contrasting the novel's mythical and mystical elements with those of Leslie Marmon Silko's novels Ceremony and Almanac of the Dead.
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Critical Essay by Dana Phillips
4,667 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Phillips characterizes White Noise as a “postmodern pastoral,” studying the novel's representation of the natural world in general and the rural American landscape in particular.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 88%
White Noise
1,271 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses the story White Noise, by Don DeLillo. Explores the novel's theme, that death lurks everywhere, especially in the "white noise" of the modern world, specifically in the waves and radiation with which we surround ourselves.
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Essay Grade: 92%
White Noise: A Critical Review
1,260 words, approx. 4 pages
Discusses Don DeLillo's adult contemporary novel White Noise. Provides a brief plot summary and examines DeLillo's use of symbolism and major themes in the novel.


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White Noise by Don Delillo

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