The Armies of the Night (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
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- Author: Norman Mailer
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, New Journalism
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Protests or demonstrations, Novelists, Washington, D.C., Vietnam War, Biography
- Locales: Virginia, New York, Washington, D.C.
With The Armies of the Night, Mailer received the best reviews since the publication of The Naked and the Dead. Reviewers found his third-person treatment of himself as a character utterly convincing. Mailer's narration seemed so credible because he dealt with all the important aspects of his character in conjunction with the complexity of events surrounding the march on the Pentagon. In other words, his original aim in The Naked and the Dead of showing the convergence of character and society was amply demonstrated in a mature, comic, and subtle work.
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