The Language of Self explores the portrayal of subjectivity in Don DeLillo s fiction. It proposes that his characters conception of self is determined by the tension between a desire for connection and a longing for isolation. The particular form taken by this language of self is shown to be both shaped by, and in turn formed through, an interaction with larger, social constructions of agency. In order to explore this phenomenon from both an individual and a social perspective, the author undertakes detailed close readings of DeLillo s texts, informed by nuanced theoretical analysis...