The Day the Century Ended

Francis Irby Gwaltney’s “Sequel” to The Naked and the Dead

Authors

  • Jerome Loving Texas A&M University Author

Keywords:

Francis Irby Gwaltney, The Day the Century Ended, The Naked and the Dead, World War II fiction, Philippines campaign, literary friendship

Abstract

An examination of the personal and literary relationship between Norman Mailer and Francis Irby Gwaltney.

Author Biography

  • Jerome Loving, Texas A&M University

    Jerome Loving is Distinguished Professor of English at Texas A&M University. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is the author of numerous books and articles, including biographies of Walt Whitman, Theodore Dreiser, and Mark Twain. His most recent book is Confederate Bushwhacker: Mark Twain in the Shadow of the Civil War (2013). He is currently at work on a book about Norman Mailer, Jack Henry Abbott, and The Executioner’s Song.

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Maestro

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Loving, Jerome. “The Day the Century Ended: Francis Irby Gwaltney’s ‘Sequel’ to The Naked and the Dead”. The Mailer Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Sept. 2015, pp. 76–84, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/514.