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