A British View: Mailer's American Language

Authors

American vernacular, national identity, New Journalism, The Executioner's Song, transatlantic literary criticism

A review of Norman Mailer: An American Aesthetic by Andrew Wilson.

Barry H. Leeds, Central Connecticut State University

Barry H. Leeds is CSU Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Central Connecticut State University. His books include The Structured Vision of Norman Mailer (NYU Press, 1969) and The Enduring Vision of Norman Mailer (PBS, 2002). He is Vice President of The Norman Mailer Society and a member of the Editorial Board of The Mailer Review.