Norman Mailer (Identities and Issues in Literature)
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Norman Mailer attained fame in 1948 with his best-selling and critically acclaimed war novel, The Naked and the Dead. This work provides an encyclopedic view of Americans from all regions and ethnic identities going to war. Mailer’s public celebrity forced upon him a keen consciousness of his own role in the culture. Repeatedly asked about his own opinions of politics and social issues, he began using fiction and nonfiction to explore his own identity—which was often in conflict with American values.
Whatever Mailer’s subject—the...
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