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As a relatively young writer, Hemingway wrote, “A thousand years make economics silly and a work of art endures forever, but it is very difficult to do and now it is not fashionable.” But he added, “those who practice it now wish to cease their work because it is too lonely, too hard to do, and it is not fashionable”{{sfn| | As a relatively young writer, Hemingway wrote, “A thousand years make economics silly and a work of art endures forever, but it is very difficult to do and now it is not fashionable.” But he added, “those who practice it now wish to cease their work because it is too lonely, too hard to do, and it is not fashionable”{{sfn|Hemingway|1935|p=109}}{{pg|184|185}} | ||
oneself within the long line of language artists and still remain free and work out one’s own identity as a unique creative writer. Furthermore, Mailer could not remain passive to the pressure of new visual arts such as the cinema and particularly television and later the internet, all vying for popular attention. They have tended to make serious creative writing less fashionable. | oneself within the long line of language artists and still remain free and work out one’s own identity as a unique creative writer. Furthermore, Mailer could not remain passive to the pressure of new visual arts such as the cinema and particularly television and later the internet, all vying for popular attention. They have tended to make serious creative writing less fashionable. | ||
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* {{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=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= | * {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |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=Advertisements for Myself |location=New York |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |date=1959}} | *{{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Advertisements for Myself |location=New York |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |date=1959}} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Cannibals and Christians |location=New York |publisher=Dial |date=1966}} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |author-link= Norman Mailer| title=Cannibals and Christians |location=New York |publisher=Dial |date=1966}} | ||