This volume offers new insight into the breadth of contexts that inform Norman Mailer's body of work. It examines important literary, critical, theoretical, cultural, and historical frameworks for Mailer's writing, highlighting the ways his work reflects the concerns of twentieth and twenty-first century America. This book traces Mailer's literary influences; his contributions to a variety of literary genres; his participation in the American political sphere; the philosophical, religious, and gendered contexts that shape his work; and the iconic American figures he profiled. The book concludes with reflections on Mailer's literary and cultural legacy, emphasizing his advocacy for literary freedom and the contemporary resonance of his work.
| ISBN: | 9781108477666 |
| Publication date: | 26th August 2021 |
| Author: | Maggie McKinley |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Literature in Context |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary reference works Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: plays and playwrights Biography: writers |
This volume offers new insight into the breadth of contexts that inform Norman Mailer's body of work. It examines important literary, critical, theoretical, cultural, and historical frameworks for Mailer's writing, highlighting the ways his work reflects the concerns of twentieth and twenty-first century America. This book traces Mailer's literary influences; his contributions to a variety of literary genres; his participation in the American political sphere; the philosophical, religious, and gendered contexts that shape his work; and the iconic American figures he profiled. The book concludes with reflections on Mailer's literary and cultural legacy, emphasizing his advocacy for literary freedom and the contemporary resonance of his work.
Norman Mailer in Context features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Biography: writers
Norman Mailer in Context is available in Hardback
Norman Mailer in Context was written by Maggie McKinley and published by Cambridge University Press
Norman Mailer in Context has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Literature in Context series
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