Norman Mailer's Later Fictions: Ancient Evenings Through Castle in the Forest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349286409)

Norman Mailer s Later Fiction considers five works - Ancient Evenings (1983), Tough Guys Don t Dance (1984), Harlot's Ghost (1991), The Gospel According to the Son (1997), The Castle in the Forest (2007) - to examine, for the first time in a full volume, Mailer s literary maturity. Essays from esteemed scholars, Mailer's wife, andeditor, discuss Mailer s modes of cultural critique, connecting his political, theological, sexual, and aesthetic insights. This book will be essential reading for all Mailer scholars and offers provocative insights in such areas as postmodern American writing, masculinity studies, and the developing interface of literary and religious studies.

Author: J. Whalen-Bridge
ISBN-10: 1349286400
ISBN-13: 9781349286409
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/21/2010
Pages: 203
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d