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The first book-length study to focus on Don DeLillo's plays, Staging Don DeLillo brings the author's theatre works to the forefront. Rebecca Rey explores four central themes that emerge across DeLillo's theatre oeuvre: the centrality of language; the human fear of death; the elusiveness of truth; and the deceptive, slippery nature of personal identity. Rey examines all seven of DeLillo's plays chronologically: \"The Engineer of Moonlight\" (1979), The Day Room (1986), the one-minute plays \"The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed Into Heaven\" (1990), and \"The Mystery at the Middle of Ordinary Life\" (2000), Valparaiso (1999), Love-Lies-Bleeding (2006), and The Word for Snow (2014). Written in clear, accessible language, and interweaving critique of DeLillo's novels throughout, this book will appeal not only to DeLillo scholars but also to anyone working on contemporary literature and drama.
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The first book-length study to focus on Don DeLillo's plays, Staging Don DeLillo brings the author's theatre works to the forefront. Rebecca Rey explores four central themes that emerge across DeLillo's theatre oeuvre: the centrality of language; the human fear of death; the elusiveness of truth; and the deceptive, slippery nature of personal identity. Rey examines all seven of DeLillo's plays chronologically: \"The Engineer of Moonlight\" (1979), The Day Room (1986), the one-minute plays \"The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed Into Heaven\" (1990), and \"The Mystery at the Middle of Ordinary Life\" (2000), Valparaiso (1999), Love-Lies-Bleeding (2006), and The Word for Snow (2014). Written in clear, accessible language, and interweaving critique of DeLillo's novels throughout, this book will appeal not only to DeLillo scholars but also to anyone working on contemporary literature and drama.
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What is Staging Don DeLillo about?
The first book-length study to focus on Don DeLillo's plays, Staging Don DeLillo brings the author's theatre works to the forefront. Rebecca Rey explores four central themes that emerge across DeLillo's theatre oeuvre: the centrality of language; the human fear of death; the elusiveness of truth; and the deceptive, slippery nature of personal identity. Rey examines all seven of DeLillo's plays chronologically: \"The Engineer of Moonlight\" (1979), The Day Room (1986), the one-minute plays \"The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed Into Heaven\" (1990), and \"The Mystery at the Middle of Ordinary Life\" (2000), Valparaiso (1999), Love-Lies-Bleeding (2006), and The Word for Snow (2014). Written in clear, accessible language, and interweaving critique of DeLillo's novels throughout, this book will appeal not only to DeLillo scholars but also to anyone working on contemporary literature and drama.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Staging Don DeLillo?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Where can I read a sample of Staging Don DeLillo?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Staging Don DeLillo?
Rebecca Rey
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Staging Don DeLillo is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317050827) and pdf(ISBN 9781317050834)