Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of th...Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of this lunatic war: "He (Norman Mailer) came at last to the saddest conclusion ... that the centre of America might be insane. The country had been living with a controlled, even fiercely controlled, schizophrenia which had been deepening with the years. Perhaps the point had now been passed." (AN. 188)Traditional Christianity as a unifying force inlife has been able for many years to keep somekind of sanity. But it may now be on the decline.展开更多
American fiction in the 1960s and the 1970s by and large reflects the political, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of American society during that period. The United States in the ’60s experienced serio...American fiction in the 1960s and the 1970s by and large reflects the political, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of American society during that period. The United States in the ’60s experienced serious social tensions and violence. Student anti-war movements on and outside university campuses, Black civil rights展开更多
文摘Norman Mailer has made a profound analysisof the mad logic of the Vietnam war in his Armiesof the Night, a novel of new journalism whichconcludes the schizophrenic environment of Ameri-can society is at the root of this lunatic war: "He (Norman Mailer) came at last to the saddest conclusion ... that the centre of America might be insane. The country had been living with a controlled, even fiercely controlled, schizophrenia which had been deepening with the years. Perhaps the point had now been passed." (AN. 188)Traditional Christianity as a unifying force inlife has been able for many years to keep somekind of sanity. But it may now be on the decline.
文摘American fiction in the 1960s and the 1970s by and large reflects the political, social, intellectual, and cultural developments of American society during that period. The United States in the ’60s experienced serious social tensions and violence. Student anti-war movements on and outside university campuses, Black civil rights
