Don DeLillo's White Noise

by Harold Bloom (Editor), Jesse Zuba (Editor)

- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom

246 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.

Reviews

[Маx Nestelieiev · Rating 4 out of 5]

корисна книжка, дає потрібний мінімум інструментів для тлумачення роману (Бодріяр, зокрема)+зібрано найглибші статті про "Білий шум", втім гарних статей про нього обмаль

[Luna · Rating 3 out of 5]

My rating:2.5
At last!
I have mixed feelings about this books.Some of the essays were good; others were just plain boring and repetitive.

All in all, there was some useful information that make it worthwhile to read the critical books.
Since the essays are collected and brought here as separate entities, there was a lot of repetive which was redundent and annoying. It seems that there are a set of themes that keep being mentioned over and over again until...






These themes are:

Death: how Jak and Babette want to cease fearing death, and how they carry on their plans to stop being scared of death.
 
Consumer-space: products that you find at the supermarket can save you from death.
 
Tv: tv can give you the satisfaction of seeing the sublime, that is catastrophes, while you're safe in your couch with your family and beer in hand.
 
Simulacra: we are living in a copied image
Words: they have power but they have become meaningless.