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Chapter 18 - Modernism and Postmodernism

A Quantum Perspective: Modernist Depths and Postmodernist Connections

from Part IV - Literary Contexts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

By
Samuel Chase Coale
Edited by
Jesse Kavadlo
Jesse Kavadlo
Affiliation:
Maryville University of Saint Louis, Missouri
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Summary

Don DeLillo's work is frequently described as postmodern, even as his stated influences are modernists. This chapter discusses both terms in relation to DeLillo's work, toward an understanding that neither label necessarily brings readers towards a clearer understanding.

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Don DeLillomodernismpostmodernismphilosophy
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Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 172 - 178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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