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White Noise Lesson Plan
37,908 words, approx. 126 pages
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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...



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Don DeLillo | | Variant Name: |
Cleo Birdwell | | Birth Date: |
November 20, 1936 | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
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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...




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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_...
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 The New York Observer
The Science of Sleep
5/23/2007: 488 words, approx. 2 pages Over the years, independent filmmaker Alan Berliner has tried just about every remedy in the world to fall asleep, including chamomile tea, hypnosis, warm milk, white noise, alcohol, aromatherapy, sex, massage, and yoga. Still, he has a hard time sleeping. “I’ll never be a great...
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 The New York Observer
Our Critic\'d5s Tip Sheet On Current Reading: Week of June 25th, 2007
6/19/2007: 363 words, approx. 1 pages The Cult of the Amateur (Doubleday/Currency, $22.95) is a jeremiad about the baleful effects of the Internet on our culture. Andrew Keen insists that the wiki-wonders of that radically democratized bloggerâs paradise known as âWeb 2.0â are âundermining truth, souring civic discourse, and belittling expertise,...




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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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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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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