Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index.
Contents
Mailer as man and legend -- The naked and the dead: the beast and the seer in man -- The deer park: the rare tenderness of tragedy --Mailer as fabulist: the novels of the 1960s -- Mailer's miscellanies: the art of self-revelation -- The armies of the night: the education of Norman Mailer -- After Armies: Mailer's more recent nonfiction -- The executioner's song: Mailer's sad comedy -- Mailer as storyteller: the novels of the 1980s -- Mailer's career: a brief review.
