Norman Mailer

Reporter, Travel Writer, Critic, and “Provocateur-in-Chief”

Authors

  • Jasna Potočnik Topler University of Maribor Author

Keywords:

literary tourism, travel writing, The Armies of the Night, Miami and the Siege of Chicago, literary journalism, Provincetown

Abstract

An examination of Mailer as reporter, travel writer, and critic, with attention to his place in literary tourism. The essay argues that works such as The Armies of the Night and Miami and the Siege of Chicago render places vividly enough to shape readers’ perceptions of them, considers Austin, Provincetown, and Brooklyn as Mailer literary destinations, and reflects on his reception in Europe as a critic of American democracy and power.

Author Biography

  • Jasna Potočnik Topler, University of Maribor

    Jasna Potočnik Topler is an Associate Professor at the University of Maribor. She finished her studies in the English language and literatures and in Journalism, and obtained her PhD from the University of Ljubljana. Her field of research includes Mailer Studies, the role of literatures and languages in tourism, English for Specific Purposes (English in Tourism), cultural tourism with its subtypes tourism and media discourse, and communication. She is the author of several monographs (Language and Tourism: Nominal Phrases in Journalistic and Tourism Discourses, Literary Tourism: The Case of Norman Mailer, Mailer’s Life and Legacy, On Tourism Discourse and Other Issues in Tourism), scientific articles, conference lectures, and an editorial board member of many journals. She has been engaged in several local and international projects.

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Published

2020-10-15

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Topler, Jasna Potočnik. “Norman Mailer: Reporter, Travel Writer, Critic, and ‘Provocateur-in-Chief’”. The Mailer Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Oct. 2020, pp. 212–218, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/731.

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