Word: macarthurian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SEVENTEEN years later, Mailer is back at the top, a master of a new form--nonfiction infused with all the technique and daring of the novelist. His recovery from the strain of the novel has taken the route of retreat, with the MacArthurian pledge that he will one day return to the grail to overshadow his The Naked and The Dead. Since Armies of the Night in 1967, Mailer's reputation has been restored to prominence; the decade of inattention was revealed to have wounded Mailer but not to have changed his direction. In Armies of the Night, Mailer mentions...