Title
Mailer and Hemingway
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Parallels the lives and careers of the two great American novelists, linking their shared interests in war and death, commitment to craft, and celebrity status. Traces Mailer's evolution over the decades from short story writer to novelist to journalist/critic, surveying his complicated response to Hemingway, with whom he was often compared.
Published in
Norman Mailer in Context
Date
2021
Pages
25-34
COinS
Citation
Wagner-Martin, Linda. "Mailer and Hemingway." In Norman Mailer in Context, edited by Maggie McKinley, 25-34. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2021.