MAILER AND ALI: EXISTENTIAL AFFINITIES.
The article discusses the identical qualities possessed by U.S. novelist Norman Mailer and former professional boxer Muhammad Ali. Topics covered include Mailer's claim that he was the heavyweight champion among contemporary U.S. writers, how Ali became Mailer's alter ego in the narratives he wrote...
| Publicado en: | Mailer Review Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 177 - 186 |
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Norman Mailer Society
Fall2014
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the identical qualities possessed by U.S. novelist Norman Mailer and former professional boxer Muhammad Ali. Topics covered include Mailer's claim that he was the heavyweight champion among contemporary U.S. writers, how Ali became Mailer's alter ego in the narratives he wrote about Ali, and how the muscularity and physicality of Mailer's prose are reflected by Ali's physical strength and beauty. |
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