Focus on: Norman Mailer (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Mailer's birth year
Mailer's birth year
1923
University Mailer attended
University Mailer attended
Harvard University
Year Mailer co-founded The Village Voice
Year Mailer co-founded The Village Voice
1955
Number of Pulitzer Prizes Mailer won
Number of Pulitzer Prizes Mailer won
Two
Mailer's first novel (1948)
Mailer's first novel (1948)
The Naked and the Dead
Basis for The Naked and the Dead
Basis for The Naked and the Dead
His WWII experiences
Subject of Armies of the Night (1968)
Subject of Armies of the Night (1968)
1967 anti-Vietnam War march on Pentagon
Awards for Armies of the Night
Awards for Armies of the Night
Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award
Subject of The Executioner's Song (1979)
Subject of The Executioner's Song (1979)
Life & execution of Gary Gilmore
Subject of The Fight (1975)
Subject of The Fight (1975)
Ali vs Foreman boxing match in Zaire
Mailer's portrayal of war
Mailer's portrayal of war
Stark, realistic - challenged glorified portrayals
Key political movement Mailer joined
Key political movement Mailer joined
Anti-Vietnam War protests
Literary movement Mailer pioneered
Literary movement Mailer pioneered
New Journalism
Year of Mailer's death
Year of Mailer's death
2007