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
- Chapter 1 Early Influences
- Chapter 2 Mailer and Hemingway
- Chapter 3 Friendships and Feuds
- Part II Form and Genre
- 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 3 - Friendships and Feuds
from Part I - Literary Influences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2021
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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
- Chapter 1 Early Influences
- Chapter 2 Mailer and Hemingway
- Chapter 3 Friendships and Feuds
- Part II Form and Genre
- 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 addresses Mailer’s sometimes combative but always interesting friendships and feuds with writers and intellectuals like Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley, William Styron, James Jones, and Diana Trilling. These stormy relationships offer examples of Mailer’s embrace of both verbal and physical sparring, and his willingness to engage in debate with individuals “on the other side of the aisle,” his fraught friendship with Buckley being a prime example of this.
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- Norman Mailer in Context , pp. 35 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021