Norman Mailer at 100: Conversations, Correlations, Confrontations

Norman Mailer at 100 celebrates the author's centenary in 2023 and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of his bestselling debut novel, The Naked and the Dead. Robert J. Begiebing's book explores how Mailer's work contributes to the larger American literary landscape, encompassing debates of the nation's founders, Western Romanticism, and twentieth-century modernism. It includes critical essays, creative dialogues, and an interview with Mailer, pairing him with critical interlocutors to reconsider his career and its relevance to today's challenges.

Format: Hardback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2022
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press

Celebrating Norman Mailer's Centenary in 2023 and the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of his Bestselling Debut Novel, The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer at 100 delves into the author's enduring relevance in American letters. Novelist and Mailer scholar Robert J. Begiebing explores how Mailer's diverse body of work contributes significantly to the broader American literary landscape, encompassing the debates of the nation's founders, the traditions of Western Romanticism, and the transformative force of twentieth-century modernism.

The book features six critical essays, two creative dialogues featuring Walt Whitman and Ernest Hemingway, and an interview with Mailer conducted in 1983 by Begiebing. Each essay pairs Mailer with a critical interlocutor whose work sheds light on his ideas and artistic achievements, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carl Jung, Kate Millett, and Joan Didion. By reevaluating Mailer's career from its early beginnings to his final books in the early twenty-first century, Norman Mailer at 100 offers a fresh perspective on appreciating his accomplishments, emphasizing the ways in which his work can assist us in navigating the challenges of our contemporary world.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780807178133