Understanding Norman Mailer Maggie McKinley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKinley, Maggie, author.

Series:

Understanding contemporary American literature.

Understanding contemporary American literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mailer, Norman--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2017.

Summary:

"The book begins with a brief biographical introduction touching on Mailer's formative experiences, pivotal friendships, and intellectual and cultural concerns. Mailer's major works are covered as well as the less-celebrated and more experimental works of the 1980s and 1990s. His last work of fiction, The Castle in the Forest, is also discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

UNDERSTANDING NORMAN MAILER

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Series Editor's Preface

Chapter 1 Understanding Norman Mailer

Chapter 2 The Naked and the Dead and Its Aftermath

Chapter 3 An American Voice and An American Dream

Chapter 4 Mailer on War, Women, Politics, and Film

Chapter 5 Exploring American Mysteries: Mailer's Interpretive Biographies

Chapter 6 The Divided Self across Genre: Novels of the 1980s and 1990s

Chapter 7 Concluding with Questions

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611178067

1611178061

OCLC:

988028044