Advertisements for Myself is a comprehensive collection of the best of Norman Mailer's essays, stories, interviews and journalism from the Forties and Fifties, linked by anarchic and riotous autobiographical commentary. Laying bare the heart of a witty, belligerent and vigorous writer, this manifesto of Mailer's key beliefs contains pieces on his war experiences in the Philippines (the basis for his famous first novel The Naked and the Dead), tributes to fellow novelists William Styron, Saul Bellow, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal and magnificent polemics against pornography, advertising, drugs and politics.
Also included is his notorious exposition of the phenomenon of the 'White Negro', the Beat Generation's existentialist hero whose life, like Mailer's, is 'an unchartered journey into the rebellious imperatives of the self'
| ISBN: | 9780241340455 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2018 |
| Author: | Norman Mailer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 544 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Autobiography: writers Poetry by individual poets |
Advertisements for Myself is a comprehensive collection of the best of Norman Mailer's essays, stories, interviews and journalism from the Forties and Fifties, linked by anarchic and riotous autobiographical commentary. Laying bare the heart of a witty, belligerent and vigorous writer, this manifesto of Mailer's key beliefs contains pieces on his war experiences in the Philippines (the basis for his famous first novel The Naked and the Dead), tributes to fellow novelists William Styron, Saul Bellow, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal and magnificent polemics against pornography, advertising, drugs and politics.
Advertisements for Myself features in the following genres: Literary essays, Autobiography: writers, Poetry by individual poets
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Advertisements for Myself was written by Norman Mailer and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Advertisements for Myself has 544 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.