Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Introduction to The Naked and the Dead

Mailer's new introduction to the 50th-anniversary edition of The Naked and the Dead (Henry Holt, 1998).

Mailer’s new introduction (xi–xiii) to the 50th-anniversary edition of The Naked and the Dead, issued by Henry Holt on 6 May 1998, simultaneously in hardcover and softcover. It joined the year’s other observances of the anniversary — The Time of Our Time (98.7) and the surrounding press — and follows his earlier 1979 preface for the Franklin Library reissue (79.36).

First published: 1998-05-06
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 98.6
Cite as: /works/1998-05-06-introduction-naked-and-the-dead
Last updated: 2026-06-06