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 4 - New Journalism
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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
Summary
This chapter discusses Mailer’s work in the context of the New Journalism movement, including his own unique contributions in terms of style and perspective. It explores the ways Mailer blends characteristics of autobiography, participatory journalism, and literary fiction, and also addresses Mailer’s use of illeism, a style which allowed him to write about himself in the third person, and which became one of his signatures as a New Journalist in the 1960s and 1970s.
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- Norman Mailer in Context , pp. 49 - 58Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021