The following “Opening Remarks” set the tone and direction for this collection by establishing Norman Mailer’s deep and abiding fears about the many threats to American democracy, as well as some thoughts on how they may be successfully met. Throughout these excerpts (taken from two books pu...
Mailer burst onto the American literary scene in 1948 with a bold, big first novel,The Naked and the Dead. Fame came quickly to the twenty-five-year-old as the sweeping war adventure became a best-seller and won critical acclaim. His second novel,Barbary Shore(1951), however, was a fail...
CNVFEV1FVCGWASByline: Malcolm Jonesdoi:10.1117/12.919694Jones, MalcolmProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
In 1969 Mailer ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Among his other works were his essay collections The Presidential Papers (1963) and Cannibals and Christians (1966); The Executioner’s Song (1979), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore...
Norman Mailer, American novelist and journalist best known for using a form of journalism, called New Journalism, that combines the imaginative subjectivity of literature with the more objective qualities of journalism. Learn more about Mailer’s life an
Other articles where Cannibals and Christians is discussed: Norman Mailer: …The Presidential Papers (1963) and Cannibals and Christians (1966); The Executioner’s Song (1979), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the life of convicted murderer Gary G
In 1969 Mailer ran unsuccessfully for mayor ofNew York City. Among his other works were his essay collectionsThe Presidential Papers(1963) andCannibals and Christians(1966);The Executioner’s Song(1979), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the life of convicted murdererGary Gilmore;Ancient Eve...
In 1969 Mailer ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Among his other works were his essay collections The Presidential Papers (1963) and Cannibals and Christians (1966); The Executioner’s Song (1979), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the life of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore...
“The Gospel According to the Son” “The Naked and the Dead” ”The Presidential Papers “The Spooky Art” “The White Negro” “Tough Guys Don’t Dance” “Why Are We in Vietnam?” (Show more) See all related content Norman Mailer(born January 31, 1923,Long Branch,New Jersey, U....
Norman Mailer, American novelist and journalist best known for using a form of journalism, called New Journalism, that combines the imaginative subjectivity of literature with the more objective qualities of journalism. Learn more about Mailer’s life an