Introduction to Norman Mailer’s Talk at the University of Florida in 1986

Authors

  • Andrew M. Gordon University of Florida Author

Keywords:

Andrew M. Gordon, University of Florida, Mailer’s career, heroism, literary reputation

Abstract

Andrew M. Gordon’s 1986 introduction of Norman Mailer at the University of Florida surveys Mailer’s career from The Naked and the Dead to Tough Guys Don’t Dance, finding its continuity in a persistent quest for a hero fit for the times and presenting Mailer as a literary hero defined by versatility, ambition, risk, and courage.

Author Biography

  • Andrew M. Gordon, University of Florida

    Andrew M. Gordon was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Florida and Vice-President of the PsyArt Foundation, for which he organized the annual International Conference on Psychology and the Arts. He taught in the University of Florida programs in Paris and Rome and was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature in Spain, Portugal, and Serbia, a Visiting Professor in Russia, Hungary, and Argentina, and a keynote speaker at conferences in Japan, South Korea, and Egypt. Professor Gordon is author of An American Dreamer: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Fiction of Norman Mailer; Empire of Dreams: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of Steven Spielberg; and, with Hernan Vera, of Screen Saviors: Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness and, with Peter Rudnytsky, he edited Psychoanalyses/Feminisms.

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Published

2017-10-26

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Gordon, Andrew M. “Introduction to Norman Mailer’s Talk at the University of Florida in 1986”. The Mailer Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Oct. 2017, pp. 248–250, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/625.