| Description |
x, 834 pages : maps (some color) ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Library of America series ; 364
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Library of America ; 364.
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| Note |
The Naked and the Dead originally published: New York : Rinehart & Company, 1948. |
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Selected Letters originally published in Advertisements for Myself and A Special Message to Subscribers from Norman Mailer. |
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Includes color maps on endpapers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 820-834). |
| Summary |
Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead is not just a monumental war novel but also a devastating antiwar novel, exposing the primal nature of power through the interplay of a platoon of soldiers on an impossible and ultimately pointless mission on an obscure island in the Pacific during World War II. Written just after the war ended, in the early days of the emerging Cold War, the novel daringly engages with the authoritarian impulses in the American character. |
| Subject |
Mailer, Norman -- Correspondence.
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Mailer, Norman. |
| Genre/Form |
Correspondence.
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| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Fiction.
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Marines -- Fiction.
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Marines. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Soldiers -- Fiction.
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Soldiers. |
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Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction. |
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War stories.
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War stories. |
| Genre/Form |
War stories.
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Fiction.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Lennon, Michael, editor.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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Mailer : the naked and the dead & selected letters 1945-1946 |
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Naked and the dead & selected letters 1945-1946 |
| ISBN |
9781598537437 (cloth) |
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1598537431 (cloth) |
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