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Among his contemporaries, Mailer mentions novelists William Faulkner and Hemingway. They too, each in his own way, valiantly sought to create an imaginal vision of the world that was entire onto itself. Faulkner’s goal was to represent the entire history of a region, the American South, by his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, which simultaneously transcended all historical and geographical boundaries and became universal in its wide array{{pg|186|187}} | Among his contemporaries, Mailer mentions novelists William Faulkner and Hemingway. They too, each in his own way, valiantly sought to create an imaginal vision of the world that was entire onto itself. Faulkner’s goal was to represent the entire history of a region, the American South, by his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, which simultaneously transcended all historical and geographical boundaries and became universal in its wide array{{pg|186|187}} | ||
of its human implications. And, specifically, there was Hemingway, who as a young writer believed | |||
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[t]he great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after. Let those who want to save the world if you can get to see it clear and as a whole. Then any part you make will represent the whole if it’s made truly. The thing to do is work and learn to make it.{{sfn|Hemingway|1932|p=187}} | |||
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=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
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* {{cite book |last=Heidegger |first=Martin |date=1935 |title=Poetry, Language, Thought |translator-last=Hofstadter |translator-first=Albert |location=New York |publisher=Harper Colophon Books}} | * {{cite book |last=Heidegger |first=Martin |date=1935 |title=Poetry, Language, Thought |translator-last=Hofstadter |translator-first=Albert |location=New York |publisher=Harper Colophon Books}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |chapter=The Art of Fiction |title=Writers at Work |editor-last=Plimpton |editor-first=George |location=New York |publisher=The Viking Press |year=1965 |pages=217–39}} | * {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |chapter=The Art of Fiction |title=Writers at Work |editor-last=Plimpton |editor-first=George |location=New York |publisher=The Viking Press |year=1965 |pages=217–39}} | ||
* {{cite book |last= | * {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |author-link= Norman Mailer| date=1932 |title=Death in the Afternoon |location=New York |publisher=Scribner}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917–1961 |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=Carlos |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1981}} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917–1961 |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=Carlos |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1981}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Green Hills of Africa |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1935}} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Green Hills of Africa |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |date=1935}} | ||