Norman Mailer's Later Fictions: Ancient Evenings Through Castle in the Forest

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
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/21/2010
Pages: 203
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230100244

About the Author
John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore