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| Norman Mailer: Works and Days |
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| Frontmatter |
| Preface • Lennon Introduction • Lucas Introduction • Acknowledgments and Appreciations |
| Bibliographies |
| First Editions • Key Texts • Bibliographies • Biographies • Criticism • Cultural Backgrounds |
| Works |
| Works Index • NM’s Introductions • The Big Bite • Mailer for Mayor • Abbott Affair |
| Days |
| Days Index • Important Dates |
| Index |
| Index of Names • Works Categories • Days Categories |
 Books •  Projects |
“Norman Mailer Invokes the Devil to Take on Hitler.” Article-interview by Michael Lee. Cape Cod Voice, 18 January-31 January, 4–5, 19–22. Long, fascinating discussion of Hitler and evil. Asked if the burning of the bees in the novel (07.10) was a metaphor for the Holocaust, Mailer says, “I wasn’t trying to make this a railroad track as to how Hitler became a monster.” Mailer also talks about the unconscious:
| “ | I have this theory that the unconscious is not entirely our own. We have an unconscious, but it’s lent to us, almost like a Jungian notion, and I didn’t read Carl Jung to decide this. I decided it on my own. But it’s as if the unconscious taps into a deeper well of knowledge that we possess. And it’s immensely reluctant to give up that unconscious strength for too little. | ” |
Rpt: Literary Review 50 (summer 2007), 202–117.
