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|File:Trotter Letter 1965.jpg|A 1965 letter from | |File:Trotter Letter 1965.jpg|A 1965 [[An American Dream Expanded/Trotter Letter, March 14, 1965|letter from William Trotter]] in support of Mailer. | ||
|File:19650923-Mary.Bancroft.Letter.JPG|Mary Bancroft offers her strong support for Mailer in this 1965 letter. | |File:19650923-Mary.Bancroft.Letter.JPG|Mary Bancroft offers her strong support for Mailer in this 1965 letter. | ||
|File:19650417 Letter.jpg|Granville Hicks, in his review of Norman Mailer’s ''An American Dream'' [''SR'', March 20], tells us that Mailer’s main character has no reality, the other characters are “dummies,” the writing is sloppy, and the plot is absurd. One might say the same about Dostoevsky’s ''Notes from the Underground''. Perhaps ''An American Dream'' is not a great book, but it is most certainly not a “bad joke.” It contains scenes of great power and pages of brilliant imagery. It holds one’s interest. It is an entertaining book to read. ~W. K. | |File:19650417 Letter.jpg|Granville Hicks, in his review of Norman Mailer’s ''An American Dream'' [''SR'', March 20], tells us that Mailer’s main character has no reality, the other characters are “dummies,” the writing is sloppy, and the plot is absurd. One might say the same about Dostoevsky’s ''Notes from the Underground''. Perhaps ''An American Dream'' is not a great book, but it is most certainly not a “bad joke.” It contains scenes of great power and pages of brilliant imagery. It holds one’s interest. It is an entertaining book to read. ~W. K. Mason, Madison, Wis. | ||
|File:BillPowers SaturdayReview Page1.jpg|In his [[An American Dream Expanded/Definition of Selfhood|letter to the ''Saturday Review'']] (June 5, 1965), Bill Powers responds to criticism that ''An American Dream'' is a “literary hoax” and argues that through murder Rojack places himself “in the position to rebegin his life.” | |File:BillPowers SaturdayReview Page1.jpg|In his [[An American Dream Expanded/Definition of Selfhood|letter to the ''Saturday Review'']] (June 5, 1965), Bill Powers responds to criticism that ''An American Dream'' is a “literary hoax” and argues that through murder Rojack places himself “in the position to rebegin his life.” | ||
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