Utter Mailer

Authors

  • Nicole DePolo Boston University Author

Keywords:

Ancient Evenings, Lipton's Journal, sound and meaning, literary linguistics, hieroglyphics and language, mysticism in literature, verbal synesthesia

Abstract

Norman Mailer’s private research and journaling reveals his sonic lexicon and what is revealed is a system of linguistics in “Lipton’s Journal.” This record is Mailer’s 1954 private treatise on numerous, developing themes that would come to characterize his oeuvre. In particular, it reveals the early lines of Mailer’s philosophies on the mechanisms of reincarnation that define the plot and design of Ancient Evenings, his Egyptian novel.

Author Biography

  • Nicole DePolo, Boston University

    Nicole DePolo is an author, editor, professor, and graphic designer who lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. As a doctoral candidate at Boston University’s Editorial Institute, she is developing an illustrated critical companion to Norman Mailer’s Ancient Evenings.

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Published

2026-10-10

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): Future Bound

Section

Articles