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{{Big|''Advertisements for Myself''. New York: Putnam’s, 6 November; London: Deutsch, 29 September 1961 (see [[61.15]] for note on British edition). Miscellany, 532 pp., $5.}} | |||
Original working title: “The Hip and the Square: A Miscellany.” Republished with preface by [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]]. New York: Berkley, December 1976 ([[76.16]]). Preface reprinted (minus first paragraph) as “An Advertisement Advertised” in [[82.16]]. Dedication: “I dedicate this book to the memory of Anne Mailer Kessler (1889-1958) and to David Kessler and to my father Isaac Barnett (‘Barney’) Mailer.” Portions of this miscellany appeared in periodicals at approximately the same time the book was published, a tactic that Mailer used to herald most of his major books from 1959 on. Rpt: [[59.12]]; all of the short stories appear in [[67.11]] and [[82.19]]; several selections appear in [[98.7]] and [[13.1]]. See [[59.8a]], [[59.10]], [[59.14]], [[13.2]], 242–258. | Original working title: “The Hip and the Square: A Miscellany.” Republished with preface by [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]]. New York: Berkley, December 1976 ([[76.16]]). Preface reprinted (minus first paragraph) as “An Advertisement Advertised” in [[82.16]]. Dedication: “I dedicate this book to the memory of Anne Mailer Kessler (1889-1958) and to David Kessler and to my father Isaac Barnett (‘Barney’) Mailer.” Portions of this miscellany appeared in periodicals at approximately the same time the book was published, a tactic that Mailer used to herald most of his major books from 1959 on. Rpt: [[59.12]]; all of the short stories appear in [[67.11]] and [[82.19]]; several selections appear in [[98.7]] and [[13.1]]. See [[59.8a]], [[59.10]], [[59.14]], [[13.2]], 242–258. | ||
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{{cquote|So ''Advertisements'' became the book in which I tried to separate my legitimate spiritual bile from my self-pity and maybe it was the hardest continuing task I had yet set myself. What aggravated every problem was that I was also trying to give up smoking, and the advertisements in this book, printed in italics, are testimony to the different way I was now obliged to use language.|author=Norman Mailer |source=[[76.14]]}} | {{cquote|So ''Advertisements'' became the book in which I tried to separate my legitimate spiritual bile from my self-pity and maybe it was the hardest continuing task I had yet set myself. What aggravated every problem was that I was also trying to give up smoking, and the advertisements in this book, printed in italics, are testimony to the different way I was now obliged to use language.|author=Norman Mailer |source=[[76.14]]}} | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* {{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Robert Gorham |date=1960 |title=Norman Mailer and the Trap of Egotism |url= |journal=Story |volume=33 |issue=spring |pages=117–119 |doi= |access-date= }} Negative. | * {{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Robert Gorham |date=1960 |title=Norman Mailer and the Trap of Egotism |url= |journal=Story |volume=33 |issue=spring |pages=117–119 |doi= |access-date= }} Negative. | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=Kazin |first=Alfred |date=November 26, 1959 |title=How Good is Norman Mailer? |url= |magazine=Reporter |pages=40–41 |publisher= |access-date= }} Positive. Rpt: Kazin (1962), Lucid (1971). | * {{cite magazine |last=Kazin |first=Alfred |date=November 26, 1959 |title=How Good is Norman Mailer? |url= |magazine=Reporter |pages=40–41 |publisher= |access-date= }} Positive. Rpt: Kazin (1962), Lucid (1971). | ||
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* {{cite news |last=Vidal |first=Gore |date=January 2, 1960 |title=The Norman Mailer Syndrome |url= |work=Nation |pages=13–16 |access-date= }} Mixed. Rpt: Lucid (1971), Bloom (1986), Vidal (1993). See [[60.3]]. | * {{cite news |last=Vidal |first=Gore |date=January 2, 1960 |title=The Norman Mailer Syndrome |url= |work=Nation |pages=13–16 |access-date= }} Mixed. Rpt: Lucid (1971), Bloom (1986), Vidal (1993). See [[60.3]]. | ||
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* {{cite book |last=Adams |first=Laura |date=1976 |chapter=Phase One: ''Advertisements for Myself'' |title=Existential Battles: The Growth of Norman Mailer |url= |location=Athens, OH |publisher=Ohio University Press |pages=27–66 |isbn= |author-link= }} | * {{cite book |last=Adams |first=Laura |date=1976 |chapter=Phase One: ''Advertisements for Myself'' |title=Existential Battles: The Growth of Norman Mailer |url= |location=Athens, OH |publisher=Ohio University Press |pages=27–66 |isbn= |author-link= }} | ||
* {{cite magazine |last=Baldwin |first=James |date=1961 |title=The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy |url= |magazine=Esquire |pages=102–106 |publisher= |access-date= }} Rpt: Baldwin (1961), Lucid (1971), Braudy (1972). See [[57.1]]. | * {{cite magazine |last=Baldwin |first=James |date=1961 |title=The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy |url= |magazine=Esquire |pages=102–106 |publisher= |access-date= }} Rpt: Baldwin (1961), Lucid (1971), Braudy (1972). See [[57.1]]. | ||
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* {{cite journal |last1=Justice |first1=Hilary K. |date=2010 |title=Authorship and Alienation in ''Death in the Afternoon'' and ''Advertisements for Myself'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=4 |issue= |pages=259–272 |doi= |access-date= }} | * {{cite journal |last1=Justice |first1=Hilary K. |date=2010 |title=Authorship and Alienation in ''Death in the Afternoon'' and ''Advertisements for Myself'' |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=4 |issue= |pages=259–272 |doi= |access-date= }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Lounsberry |first=Barbara |date=1990 |chapter=Health as Metaphor: ''Advertisements for Myself'' |title=The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction |url=https://archive.org/details/artoffact00barb |location=New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=141–152 |isbn=9780313268939 |author-link= }} | * {{cite book |last=Lounsberry |first=Barbara |date=1990 |chapter=Health as Metaphor: ''Advertisements for Myself'' |title=The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction |url=https://archive.org/details/artoffact00barb |location=New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=141–152 |isbn=9780313268939 |author-link= }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Schaub |first=Thomas Hill |date=1991 |chapter=Rebel without a Cause: Mailer’s White Negro and Consensus Liberalism |title=American Fiction in the Cold War |url= |location=Madison |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |page=137–152 |isbn=9780299128449 |author-link= }} | |||
* {{cite book |last=Solotaroff |first=Robert |chapter=The Formulation Expanded: Mailer’s Existentialism |date=1973 |title=Down Mailer's Way |url=https://archive.org/details/ert00robe |location=Urbana; London |publisher=University of Illinois Press |pages=89–99 |ref=harv }} Rpt: Lennon (1986). | |||
* {{cite journal |last1=Stubin |first1=Enid |date=2016 |title=‘Don’t go away feeling unequal’: ‘The Time of Her Time’ and Mailer’s Conciliatory Impulse. |url= |journal=Mailer Review |volume=10 |issue= |pages=302–309 |doi= |access-date= }} | |||
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[[Category:Works in the 1950s]] | [[Category:Works in the 1950s]] | ||
[[Category:Works in 1959]] | [[Category:Works in 1959]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Miscellanies]] | ||
[[Category:First Editions]] | [[Category:First Editions]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:33, 5 June 2020
Advertisements for Myself. New York: Putnam’s, 6 November; London: Deutsch, 29 September 1961 (see 61.15 for note on British edition). Miscellany, 532 pp., $5.
Original working title: “The Hip and the Square: A Miscellany.” Republished with preface by Mailer. New York: Berkley, December 1976 (76.16). Preface reprinted (minus first paragraph) as “An Advertisement Advertised” in 82.16. Dedication: “I dedicate this book to the memory of Anne Mailer Kessler (1889-1958) and to David Kessler and to my father Isaac Barnett (‘Barney’) Mailer.” Portions of this miscellany appeared in periodicals at approximately the same time the book was published, a tactic that Mailer used to herald most of his major books from 1959 on. Rpt: 59.12; all of the short stories appear in 67.11 and 82.19; several selections appear in 98.7 and 13.1. See 59.8a, 59.10, 59.14, 13.2, 242–258.
| “ | So Advertisements became the book in which I tried to separate my legitimate spiritual bile from my self-pity and maybe it was the hardest continuing task I had yet set myself. What aggravated every problem was that I was also trying to give up smoking, and the advertisements in this book, printed in italics, are testimony to the different way I was now obliged to use language. | ” |
| — Norman Mailer, 76.14 | ||
Cover of the first edition.
Bibliography
Reviews
- Davis, Robert Gorham (1960). "Norman Mailer and the Trap of Egotism". Story. 33 (spring): 117–119. Negative.
- Kazin, Alfred (November 26, 1959). "How Good is Norman Mailer?". Reporter. pp. 40–41. Positive. Rpt: Kazin (1962), Lucid (1971).
- Krim, Seymour (1960). "A Hungry Mental Lion". Evergreen Review (January–February): 175–185. Positive. See 61.23.
- Steiner, George (December 1961). "Naked but Not Dead". Encounter. pp. 67–70. Positive. Rpt: Lennon (1986).
- Tynan, Kenneth (November 18, 1959). "Review of Advertisements for Myself". Village Voice. Positive. Rpt: Wolf and Fancher (1962). See 56.1–56.17.
- Vidal, Gore (January 2, 1960). "The Norman Mailer Syndrome". Nation. pp. 13–16. Mixed. Rpt: Lucid (1971), Bloom (1986), Vidal (1993). See 60.3.
Essays
- Adams, Laura (1976). "Phase One: Advertisements for Myself". Existential Battles: The Growth of Norman Mailer. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. pp. 27–66.
- Baldwin, James (1961). "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy". Esquire. pp. 102–106. Rpt: Baldwin (1961), Lucid (1971), Braudy (1972). See 57.1.
- Castronovo, David (2004). "Norman Mailer as Midcentury Advertisement". New England Review. 24 (fall). Rpt: In Castronovo’s Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit: Books from the 1950s that Made American Culture, 99–109. New York: Continuum, 2004.
- Ehrlich, Robert (1978). Norman Mailer: The Radical as Hipster. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. pp. 3–19. ISBN 9780810811607.
- Justice, Hilary K. (2010). "Authorship and Alienation in Death in the Afternoon and Advertisements for Myself". Mailer Review. 4: 259–272.
- Lounsberry, Barbara (1990). "Health as Metaphor: Advertisements for Myself". The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 141–152. ISBN 9780313268939.
- Schaub, Thomas Hill (1991). "Rebel without a Cause: Mailer's White Negro and Consensus Liberalism". American Fiction in the Cold War. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 137–152. ISBN 9780299128449.
- Solotaroff, Robert (1973). "The Formulation Expanded: Mailer's Existentialism". Down Mailer's Way. Urbana; London: University of Illinois Press. pp. 89–99. Rpt: Lennon (1986).
- Stubin, Enid (2016). "'Don't go away feeling unequal': 'The Time of Her Time' and Mailer's Conciliatory Impulse". Mailer Review. 10: 302–309.