Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays

Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Norman Mailer was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century American letters and an acknowledged master of the essay. Mind of an Outlaw, the first posthumous publication from this outsize literary icon, collects Mailerâ‚¬s most important and representative work in the form that many rank as his most electrifying.
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As Americaâ‚¬s foremost public intellectual, Norman Mailer was a ubiquitous presence in our national lifeâ‚¬"on the airwaves and in printâ‚¬"for more than sixty years. With his supple mind and pugnacious persona, he engaged society more than any other writer of his generation. The trademark Mailer swagger is much in evidence in these pages as he holds forth on culture, ideology, politics, sex, gender, and celebrity, among other topics. Here is Mailer on boxing, Mailer on Hemingway, Mailer on Marilyn Monroe, and, of course, Mailer on Mailerâ‚¬"the one subject that served as the beating heart of all of his nonfiction.
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From his early essay â‚¬Å“A Credo for the Living,â‚¬Â published in 1948, when the author was twenty-five, to his final writings in the year before his death, Mailer wrestled with the big themes of his times. He was one of the most astute cultural commentators of the postwar era, a swashbuckling intellectual provocateur who never pulled a punch and was rarely anything less than interesting. Mind of an Outlaw spans the full arc of Mailerâ‚¬s evolution as a writer, including such essential pieces as his acclaimed 1957 meditation on hipsters, â‚¬Å“The White Negroâ‚¬Â; multiple selections from his seminal collection Advertisements for Myself; and a never-before-published essay on Sigmund Freud.
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Incendiary, erudite, and unrepentantly outrageous, Norman Mailer was a dominating force on the battlefield of ideas. Featuring an incisive Introduction by Jonathan Lethem, Mind of an Outlaw forms a fascinating portrait of Mailerâ‚¬s intellectual development across the span of his career as well as the preoccupations of a nation in the last half of the American century.

Praise for Mind of an Outlaw
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â‚¬Å“[Mailerâ‚¬s] best and brightest.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Esquire
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â‚¬Å“The fifty essays collected in this retrospective volume span sixty-four years and show [Norman] Mailer (1923â‚¬â€œ2007) at his brawny, pugnacious, and egotistical best. . . . This provocative collection brims with insights and reflections that show why Mailer is regarded as a great literary mind of his generation.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Publishers Weekly
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â‚¬Å“The selections open a window onto the capacious mind and process of one of the most volatile intellects of the twentieth century.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Library Journal
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â‚¬Å“Vintage Mailer: brilliant, infuriating, witty and never, ever boring.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Tampa Bay Times
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â‚¬Å“As good an introduction to Mailerâ‚¬s habits of mind as thereâ‚¬s ever been.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Kirkus Reviews
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â‚¬Å“Thereâ‚¬s no arguing about Mailer the essayistâ‚¬"he was outstanding. . . . These insightful essays educate, argue and persuade on everything from politics and literature to film, philosophy and the human condition.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Shelf Awareness
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-10-15
UnitCount 4
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780812993479

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-10-15
UnitCount	4
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780812993479

Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays

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