Norman Mailer: An American Aesthetic

Norman Mailer: An American Aesthetic

by Andrew Wilson (Author)

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive study of the work of the American author Norman Mailer, charting his response to critical events in his country's development since 1945. Focusing on Mailer's descriptions of World War II, 1960s counter-culture, the Vietnam War, the Apollo 11 mission and the execution of Gary Gilmore in Utah in 1977, the book analyses the native vernaculars in ten of his most critically acclaimed works. Moving beyond politically orientated scholarship, the author outlines Mailer's New York, American GI, Mid-West and Southern styles, contextualising his prose against earlier American authors, including Henry Adams, Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos, and positioning his writing alongside contemporary notables such as Joan Didion, William Burroughs and Truman Capote. Incorporating over forty years of scholarship in the form of articles, reviews and interviews, this book pinpoints the American attributes in Mailer's writing with a view to identifying trends in post-war American literary movements, the Beat Generation, New Journalism and Pop Art among others.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
Published: 16 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 3039114069
ISBN 13: 9783039114061

Author Bio
The Author: Andrew Wilson studied English and American Literature at the University of Essex.