Book contents
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Influences
- Part II Form and Genre
- Chapter 4 New Journalism
- Chapter 5 Essays and Columns
- Chapter 6 The Novel
- Chapter 7 Criticism
- Chapter 8 Film
- Chapter 9 Modernism
- Chapter 10 Postmodernism
- Part III Political Contexts
- Part IV Philosophical and Cultural Contexts
- Part V Gender and Sexuality
- Part VI Profiles and Literary Biographies
- Part VII Mailer’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Novel
from Part II - Form and Genre
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2021
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Influences
- Part II Form and Genre
- Chapter 4 New Journalism
- Chapter 5 Essays and Columns
- Chapter 6 The Novel
- Chapter 7 Criticism
- Chapter 8 Film
- Chapter 9 Modernism
- Chapter 10 Postmodernism
- Part III Political Contexts
- Part IV Philosophical and Cultural Contexts
- Part V Gender and Sexuality
- Part VI Profiles and Literary Biographies
- Part VII Mailer’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides readers with a sense of the various ways Mailer experimented with and contributed to the novel form, as he tried his hand at everything from political allegory to detective novel to spy thriller to ancient epic, among other novelistic genres. The chapter contextualizes Mailer’s novels within their various genres and offers an overview of his development within the form.
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- Norman Mailer in Context , pp. 69 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021