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| Name: |
Norman Kingsley Mailer | | Birth Date: |
1923 | | Place of Birth: |
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, director |
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 Biography of Norman Kingsley Mailer
1173 words, approx. 3.9 pages
 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born 1923), American author, film producer and director, wrote one of the most noteworthy American novels about World War II. Only in his later political journalism did he reach that level of achievement again. Norman Mailer was b... summary from source:
 Biography of Norman Mailer
17992 words, approx. 60 pages
 [This entry was updated by J. Michael Lennon (Wilkes University) from his update in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 162-183, of the entries by Philip H. Bufithis (Shepherd College) in DLB 2: American Novelists Since W... summary from source:
Biography of Norman Kingsley Mailer
14028 words, approx. 46.8 pages
Norman Mailer's achievement lies primarily in his treatment of the conflict between man's search for self-actualization and the strictures society places upon him. Mailer has rendered this theme with an energy of style, an ideational power, and a vivid d...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 The Executioner's Song Information
379 words, approx. 1 pages
The Executioner's Song is a 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events surrounding the execution of Gary Gilmore by the state of Utah for murder. Based almost entirely on interviews with the family and friends of both...
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 The Catholic Biblical Quarterly The Song of Songs
04/01/2001: 865 words, approx. 3 pages ATHALYA BRENNER and CAROLE R. FONTAINE (eds.), The Song of Songs (Feminist Companion to the Bible 216; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Pp. 211. Paper 16.45, $28.50. This second volume on the Song of Songs in the Feminist Companion series well illustrates important... summary from source:
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Song of Songs
12/01/2005: 822 words, approx. 3 pages Song of Songs. By Richard S. Hess. Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005, 285 pp., $29.99. This is the first commentary published in a new series from Baker on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms edited... summary from source:
 AP News Kurt Vonnegut tops in public's heart
11/16/2007: 775 words, approx. 3 pagesWithin the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, lengthy appreciations and ongoing discussions about their place in American letters.No writer was... summary from source:
AP News Norman Mailer archive opens in Texas
1/4/2008: 499 words, approx. 2 pagesNorman Mailer was a literary pugilist, attacking his subjects and opponents as writer, debater and cultural provocateur.A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, fighter, feuder, journalist and poet, Mailer was a key figure as postwar America passed through the era of civil rights, Vietnam and women's liberation.On Thursday,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert Merrill
7,862 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Merrill reconsiders the critical reception of The Executioner's Song through analysis of Mailer's presentation and major themes in the novel. According to Merrill, Mailer's treatment of social injustice and tragedy evokes compassion for all characters involved.
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Critical Essay by Mark Edmundson
5,640 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Edmundson discusses Mailer's portrayal of Gilmore in The Executioner's Song in light of Mailer's romantic narrative style and Emersonian literary aspirations.
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Critical Essay by Joan Didion
1,296 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Didion offers high praise for The Executioner's Song, which she describes as "an absolutely astonishing book."
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