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{{cquote|I started Barbary Shore as some sort of fellow-traveler, and finished with a political position which was a far-flung mutation of Trotskyism. And the drafts of the book reflected these ideological changes so drastically that the last draft of Barbary Shore is a different novel altogether and has almost nothing in common with the first draft but the names. (64.1)}} | {{cquote|I started Barbary Shore as some sort of fellow-traveler, and finished with a political position which was a far-flung mutation of Trotskyism. And the drafts of the book reflected these ideological changes so drastically that the last draft of ''Barbary Shore'' is a different novel altogether and has almost nothing in common with the first draft but the names. ([[64.1]])}} | ||
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* {{cite news |last=Howe |first=Irving |date=June 16, 1951 |title=Some Political Novels |url= |work=Nation |pages=568–569 |access-date= }} | * {{cite news |last=Howe |first=Irving |date=June 16, 1951 |title=Some Political Novels |url= |work=Nation |pages=568–569 |access-date= }} Negative. | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=Gissen |first=Max |date=May 28, 1951 |title=Last of the Leftists? |url= |magazine=Time |page=110 |publisher= |access-date= }} Negative. Gissen called the novel "paceless, tasteless and graceless", which Mailer never forgot. | |||
* {{cite news |last=Rolo |first=Charles |date=June 1951 |title=A House in Brooklyn |url= |work=Atlantic |page=82 |access-date= }} Mixed. | |||
* {{cite news |last=Swados |first=Harvey |date=June 18, 1951 |title=Fiction Parade |url= |work=New Republic |pages=106–109 |access-date= }} Mixed. | |||
* {{cite magazine |last=West |first=Anthony |date=June 9, 1951 |title=East Meets West, Author Meets Allegory |url= |magazine=New Yorker |pages=106–109 |publisher= |access-date= }} Negative. Rpt: (partial) [[59.13]]. | |||
'''Essays''' | '''Essays''' | ||
* {{cite journal |last1=Anshen |first1=David |date=2012 |title=The Prescience of Mailer's Marxism: Socialism or ''Barbary Shore'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=6 |issue= |pages=246–266 |doi= |access-date= }} | * {{cite journal |last1=Anshen |first1=David |date=2012 |title=The Prescience of Mailer's Marxism: Socialism or ''Barbary Shore'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=6 |issue= |pages=246–266 |doi= |access-date= }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Foster |first=Richard |chapter=The Early Novels |date=1968 |title=Norman Mailer |series=University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers |editor-last=Foster |editor-first=Richard Jackson |volume=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Gkro1Zs_hYC |location= |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |page=13–19 |isbn=9781452910970 |author-link= }} | |||
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Revision as of 09:04, 4 December 2018
Barbary Shore. New York: Rinehart, 24 May; London: Cape, 21 January 1952. Novel, 312 pp., $3.
The 1971 Cape hardcover edition and the 1973 softcover Panther edition (a Cape imprint) contains a "Note from the Author", which consists of "Second Advertisement for Myself: Barbary Shore" (minus final sentence, with one other small change) from 59.13. Dedication: "To Jean Malaquais". A dramatic version was presented at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, 10-27 January 1974. Jack Gelber wrote and directed the adaptation, which has never been published. Rpt: 59.13 (eight brief excerpts from novel, nine pp. total); 98.7 (partial). See 03.7, 23–26 and 13.2, 122–35.
Mailer:
| “ | I started Barbary Shore as some sort of fellow-traveler, and finished with a political position which was a far-flung mutation of Trotskyism. And the drafts of the book reflected these ideological changes so drastically that the last draft of Barbary Shore is a different novel altogether and has almost nothing in common with the first draft but the names. (64.1) | ” |
Bibliography
Reviews
- Howe, Irving (June 16, 1951). "Some Political Novels". Nation. pp. 568–569. Negative.
- Gissen, Max (May 28, 1951). "Last of the Leftists?". Time. p. 110. Negative. Gissen called the novel "paceless, tasteless and graceless", which Mailer never forgot.
- Rolo, Charles (June 1951). "A House in Brooklyn". Atlantic. p. 82. Mixed.
- Swados, Harvey (June 18, 1951). "Fiction Parade". New Republic. pp. 106–109. Mixed.
- West, Anthony (June 9, 1951). "East Meets West, Author Meets Allegory". New Yorker. pp. 106–109. Negative. Rpt: (partial) 59.13.
Essays
- Anshen, David (2012). "The Prescience of Mailer's Marxism: Socialism or Barbary Shore". Mailer Review. 6: 246–266.
- Foster, Richard (1968). "The Early Novels". In Foster, Richard Jackson. Norman Mailer. University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers. 73. University of Minnesota Press. p. 13–19. ISBN 9781452910970.
