Washed by the Swells of Time

Reading Mailer, 1998–2008

Authors

  • John Whalen-Bridge National University of Singapore Author
  • Angela Oon National University of Singapore Author

Keywords:

Mailer criticism, literary reception, late twentieth-century American literature, moral consciousness, modernism, politics and literature, literary legacy

Abstract

A survey of the status of Mailer Studies over the past ten years with a detailed analysis of strategic articles, dissertations, and books.

Author Biographies

  • John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore

    John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor of English at the National University of Singapore, where he teaches courses on American literature. He is currently writing about Buddhism in American culture, global Buddhism in relation to “spiritual tourism,” and the development of Religious Studies in Asia.

  • Angela Oon, National University of Singapore

    Angela Oon is a Research Assistant at the National University of Singapore working on the interrelations between Twentieth-century literature and art.

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Published

2026-03-14

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2009): Beyond Fiction

Section

Articles