Norman Mailer: The Magician as Tragic Hero

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Ancient Evenings, tragic hero, Egyptian mythology, vitality and entropy, moral dialectic

A detailed examination of the reception and importance of Norman Mailer’s novel, Ancient Evenings.

Robert J. Begiebing, Southern NH University

Robert J. Begiebing is the author of over thirty articles and six books. He directs the Low-Residency MFA at Southern NH University, where he has won three awards for excellence in teaching. His books include two on Norman Mailer and a trilogy of novels. His novel Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction won the Langum Prize for historical fiction in 2003. His fiction writing has been supported by grants from the Lila-Wallace Foundation and the New Hampshire Council for the Arts.