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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Literature As Life; Life As Literature: Mailer’s Existential Shout of Defiance in ''An American Dream''}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-size:22px;">''The Mailer Review''/Volume 6, 2012/</span>Literature As Life; Life As Literature: Mailer’s Existential Shout of Defiance in ''An American Dream''}} | ||
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{{abstract | {{byline|last=Leeds|first=Barry H.|abstract=The author of ''[[The Structured Vision of Norman Mailer]]'' and ''The Enduring Vision of Norman Mailer'' recalls the early influence of Mailer, particularly ''[[An American Dream]]''.|url=https://prmlr.us/mr12leed}} | ||
I would submit that [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] Matters because his works at their best are positively life changing. Mailer has changed my life for the better, and I firmly believe he has changed many more by the exultant shout of existential defiance that informs virtually all of his work after ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]'' (1948). Following the clearly Naturalistic bias of this first work, the themes of existentialism dominate his work. The clearest example of this is in ''[[An American Dream]]'' (1965). I have lived and worked with ''Dream'' virtually since its publication almost fifty years ago, and in the process have forged a highly personal relationship with the book. | I would submit that [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] Matters because his works at their best are positively life changing. Mailer has changed my life for the better, and I firmly believe he has changed many more by the exultant shout of existential defiance that informs virtually all of his work after ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]'' (1948). Following the clearly Naturalistic bias of this first work, the themes of existentialism dominate his work. The clearest example of this is in ''[[An American Dream]]'' (1965). I have lived and worked with ''Dream'' virtually since its publication almost fifty years ago, and in the process have forged a highly personal relationship with the book. | ||
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==Citations== | ==Citations== | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
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* {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |date=1929 |title=A Farewell to Arms |url= |location=New York |publisher=Scribner’s |page= |isbn= |author-link= }} | * {{cite book |last=Hemingway |first=Ernest |date=1929 |title=A Farewell to Arms |url= |location=New York |publisher=Scribner’s |page= |isbn= |author-link= }} | ||
* {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1959 |title=Advertisements for Myself |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnum’s |page= |isbn= |author-link= }} | * {{cite book |last=Mailer |first=Norman |date=1959 |title=Advertisements for Myself |url= |location=New York |publisher=Putnum’s |page= |isbn= |author-link= }} | ||
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