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• The Narrative Structure of The Naked and the Dead

  In this essay, the author examines how the narrative structure of The Naked and the Dead reinforces the novel's naturalistic themes.

• A Small Trumpet of Defiance: Politics and the Buried Life in Norman Mailer's Early Fiction

  In the following essay, Miller delineates social and political themes in Mailer's early fiction.

• The Malign Deity of The Naked and the Dead

  In the following excerpt, Siegel focuses on the figures of General Cummings and Sergeant Croft who see "that there is a pattern, [and that] it means ... the presence of a malign supernatural power... "

• The Naked, the Dead, and the Machine: A New Look at Norman Mailer's First Novel

  In the following excerpt, Waldron argues that Mailer's novel "underlines ... the function of the machine as the controlling metaphor in World War II novels," and the "central conflict... is between the mechanistic forces of the "system" [personified by General Cummings and Sergeant Croft] and the will to individual integrity."

• The Radical Novel in the United States

  In the following excerpt, Rideout argues that Mailer presents hope for humankind, in the figure of Lieutenant Robert Hearn.

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8. The Naked and the Dead: Essays and Criticism
   1. The Narrative Structure of The Naked and the Dead
   2. A Small Trumpet of Defiance: Politics and the Buried Life in Norman Mailer's Early Fiction
   3. The Malign Deity of The Naked and the Dead
   4. The Naked, the Dead, and the Machine: A New Look at Norman Mailer's First Novel
   5. The Radical Novel in the United States
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