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'''LINDA PATTERSON MILLER''' | |||
I AM NOT A SEASONED NORMAN MAILER SCHOLAR, even though his writing has captivated me since I first read him in college. Any more knoeledgeable Mailer scholar who thinks I get him wrong might chalk it up to the distorting influence of Ernest Hemingway, that other white male who has commandeered a bid chunk of my scholarship. Actually, I recognize that both authors provoke passionate and intemperate reactions, sometimes from women, perhaps due to the public personas of these writers as harding-hitting, women-be-damned kinds of guys. Nonetheless, both these writers are quite similar in speaking directly to their times with art that shocks conventionand galvanizes emotional truth. No person, male or female, who reads well either of these authors remains unaffected. | I AM NOT A SEASONED NORMAN MAILER SCHOLAR, even though his writing has captivated me since I first read him in college. Any more knoeledgeable Mailer scholar who thinks I get him wrong might chalk it up to the distorting influence of Ernest Hemingway, that other white male who has commandeered a bid chunk of my scholarship. Actually, I recognize that both authors provoke passionate and intemperate reactions, sometimes from women, perhaps due to the public personas of these writers as harding-hitting, women-be-damned kinds of guys. Nonetheless, both these writers are quite similar in speaking directly to their times with art that shocks conventionand galvanizes emotional truth. No person, male or female, who reads well either of these authors remains unaffected. | ||