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{{quote|What Mailer never comes to grips with is the fundamental question of how Hip provides a viable aesthetic for the writer of fiction ... Mailer’s negative and confused ‘theology’ will not serve | {{quote|What Mailer never comes to grips with is the fundamental question of how Hip provides a viable aesthetic for the writer of fiction ... Mailer’s negative and confused ‘theology’ will not serve | ||
to promote his career as a novelist, for Hip has no direct bearing on the problem the writer faces when he settles down to the | to promote his career as a novelist, for Hip has no direct bearing on the problem the writer faces when he settles down to the | ||
task of composing fiction. There is no such mythical creature as a Hip novelist. (33) | task of composing fiction. There is no such mythical creature as a Hip novelist. (33)}} | ||