Mailer and the Times of His Time
Jonathan Middlebrook's book-length personal essay on Mailer's ties to the American Romantics, opening with a comic account of their first meeting.
Mailer and the Times of His Time, by Jonathan Middlebrook (San Francisco: Bay Books, 1976), an extended personal essay on Mailer’s ties to the American Romantic tradition, opening with a comic account of the author’s first meeting with Mailer and quoting him at length. An early book-length study; reprinted in The Mailer Review (2014), 325–53. An about-Mailer entry in Lennon’s register.