Title
American Minimalism: The Western Vernacular in Normal Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Compares Mailer’s minimalist approach in narration and authoritative presence to Hemingway’s “The Killers” and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1965). Briefly analyzes similar thematic elements and speech patterns in the story to illustrate Hemingway’s influence on Mailer.
Published in
European Journal of American Studies
Volume
4
Issue
1
Date
Spring 2009
Pages
2-14
COinS
Citation
Wilson, Andrew. “American Minimalism: The Western Vernacular in Normal Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song.” European Journal of American Studies 4, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 2-14.