Talk:White Noise (novel)

message: It is my understanding that the Preceded by / Followed by element in the infobox should only be used for books that are part of a series, not simply to list the writer's other novels, which can appear as a category at the bottom of the page. If there is some link between all these books, I think it should be mentioned in the articles since it was not obvious to me, in the few DeLillo books I've read (on second thought, it is actually impossible for some of these books to occupy the same world as the others). AshcroftIleum 00:09, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Preceded by / Followed by

message: According to my White Noise edition I am sitting with in my hands right now the book was "First published 1984 by Viking Penguin Inc., New York". It also says: "First published in Great Britain in paperback by Picador 1985". As the New York publishment came first this ought to be the correct year of publication as the New Yorkers could enjoy the book earlier than the Brits. Right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.107.104.173 (talk) 09:51, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny, mine says "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin Inc. 1985."12.186.80.1 (talk) 16:38, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong publication date

message: If anyone happens to read this, go check out the edits that I made here and let me know what you think! It is under the analysis subtitle and it is the last paragraph about religion! Thanks so much in advance. Aludke96 (talk) 03:30, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits made to White Noise Wiki Page

message: The Wiki states that the College-on-the-Hill is in a "Midwestern" town (Blacksmith), but it is stated in the novel that flights from the nearby Iron City connect through Boston's Logan airport. This would place Blacksmith in New England, not the Midwest. Further hints are in the name "College-on-the-Hill": the College on the Hill is a nickname for Dartmouth (in New Hampshire). The town also has a Congregational church, and these are common in New England but not in other parts of the country. So I am changing "Midwestern" to "New England." Zagraniczniak (talk) 10:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: I am new to Wikipedia, so before editing this page, I thought it appropriate to open a talk page explaining the edit I think useful.  I apologize if I am not proceeding correctly.  
I believe the sentence "Additionally, the world of White Noise is an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute, also known as a simulacrum” should be revised and the content expanded because the definition is unclear to a general reader and overly simplified to a reader who knows that the term derives from Jean Baudrillard.  Much has been written on it and its importance to an understanding of the novel.  However, the entry could establish the direct relevance of the concept simply by referencing the passage on "the most photographed barn in America" which, according to Peter Knight, "has perhaps become “the ‘Most Discussed Scene in Postmodern Fiction’.” 
Source: Knight, Peter. “Delillo, Postmodernism, Postmodernity.” The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo. Ed. John N. Duvall. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008. 27–41. Print.  (I have to figure out how to cite this article from a book collection of essays correctly. This is not an option in the wizard.)  Dwarner201 (talk) 18:12, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: please do. Very few on Wikipedia add useful literary criticism, with citations. Speaking of which, here's a citation template prepared for you, with that chapter. (Double-check it of course.) You can copy it to the article. Outriggr (talk) 04:34, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analysis Section 

message: *  Bonca starts the entry by sharing the successes that the novel has had within colleges around the country. Bonca moves on to share that language in the novel affects and influences speeches, names of characters, and the novel's Coda. She calls this the language of the species and the title of the novel further saturated these effects by aiming to share that all things eventually become white noise. Pittmanraven (talk) 22:04, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Bibliography