The Naked and the Dead
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The Naked and the Dead is a 1948 World War II novel by Norman Mailer that follows an American platoon in the Pacific and is widely regarded as one of the greatest war novels of the 20th century.
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| instanceOf |
World War II novel
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novel → war novel → |
| adaptedInto |
The Naked and the Dead (1958 film)
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| author |
Norman Mailer
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
major critical success on publication
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| debutWorkOf |
Norman Mailer
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| explores |
psychological impact of combat on soldiers
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relationship between officers and enlisted men → |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Raoul Walsh
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| follows |
an American platoon
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| genre |
realist fiction
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war fiction → |
| hasFoilCharacters |
General Cummings and Lieutenant Hearn
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| hasMainCharacter |
Gallagher
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General Cummings → Lieutenant Hearn → Martinez → Private Red Valsen → Roth → Sergeant Croft → Wilson → |
| influenced |
later American war literature
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| inspiredBy |
Norman Mailer’s service in the Pacific during World War II
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| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
postwar American realism
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| literaryPeriod |
20th-century American literature
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| narrativePerspective |
third-person omniscient
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| notableFor |
naturalistic depiction of combat
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use of profanity (e.g., "fug" as euphemism) → |
| originalMediaType |
print
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| pageCount |
over 700 pages (first edition, approximate)
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| publicationDate |
1948
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| publisher |
Rinehart & Company
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| setDuring |
World War II
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| setIn |
Pacific theater of World War II
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| settingDetail |
fictional Pacific island of Anopopei
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| structure |
divided into four parts
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includes flashback sections called "The Time Machine" → |
| subjectMatter |
U.S. Army operations in the Pacific
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| theme |
class conflict
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dehumanization in war → existential anxiety → masculinity → power and authority → |
| widelyRegardedAs |
one of the greatest American war novels of the 20th century
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Norman Mailer
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Norman Mailer → |
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The Naked and the Dead
("The Naked and the Dead (1958 film)")
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