Appreciating Don DeLillo, a lecture by Paul Giaimo

Paul Giaimo traces Don DeLillo’s style through his novels, showing how it is fully defined by neither postmodernism nor modernism. His nuanced examination discusses themes that range from the devastating portrayals of evil in Mao II and Cosmopolis, to the inspiring confrontation of media stereotypes and missionary work in Underworld. Equally important is discussion of DeLillo's cultural background, especially his Italian-American heritage and the Catholic church of the 1950s.