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IN THE DESERTS OF THE HEART: THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG.
- Source :
- Mailer Review; Fall2014, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p291-311, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The article discusses the relevance of U.S. novelist Norman Mailer's work "The Executioner's Song" to U.S. identity. Topics covered include the events arising from two murders committed by Gary Gilmore, the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, and Mailer's approach to character as a complex and problematic trope.
- Subjects :
- MURDER
CAPITAL punishment
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19364679
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Mailer Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100998273