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Staging Don DeLillo - Softcover

Rey, Rebecca

 
9780367881191: Staging Don DeLillo
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367881195 ISBN 13: 9780367881191
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Dr Rebecca Rey holds a PhD in English and Cultural Studies and works in communications at The University of Western Australia.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367881195
ISBN 13 
9780367881191
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
164