1942
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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 |
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 Books •  Projects |
In spring semester, he takes Howard Mumford Jones's "Modern American Literature", one of two literature classes he takes at Harvard — a drama survey class taken senior year is other. In the summer, he works briefly as an attendant at the Boston State Hospital, formerly called the Lunatic Asylum, and then writes a play based on his experience titled "The Naked and the Dead".
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Mailer in Washignton D.C., 1942.
