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Norman Mailer

Innovator of the nonfiction novel, a towering figure in American literature for nearly 60 years. Norm
Tags: Hypnotic, Mythic, Overflowing, Pioneering, Post-war literature, Power, Primal, Voluminous
Graham Greene

At the mention of international intrigue and espionage, we naturally think of dashing secret agents w
Tags: Ironic, Melancholy, Post-war literature, Power, Religious, Tragic
Margaret Drabble

Lonely pregnancies, jealous sisters, fears of physicality, and loss of identity are Margaret Drabble'
Tags: Clean, Composed, Eclectic, Post-war literature, Witty, Women's literature
Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch's fiction has a way of exposing fears and insecurities; suspense and an impending sense
Tags: Classical, Contemplative, Elegant, Expansive, Post-war literature, Psychological
J. D. Salinger

In 1961, seven years after J.D. Salinger began his lifelong, self-imposed exile from public life, Joh
Tags: Angry, Dark, Dystopic, Post-war literature, Psychological, Rebel

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut's curious blend of Science Fiction, black humor, absurdity, and relentless irony may be
Tags: Anxiety, Contemporary comedianism, Fantastic, Post-war literature, Quirky, Whimsical, Witty
Yukio Mishima

"The air raids on the distant metropolis, which I watched from the shelter at the arsenal, were beaut
Tags: Dramatic, Enigmatic, Homoerotic, Intense, Post-war literature
Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow became one of the twentieth century's great novelists by following the dictum that is rep
Tags: Anxiety, Clever, Jewish literature, Post-war literature, Psychological, Sophisticated
Vladimir Nabokov

The popular media has adopted the name Lolita to describe any sexually precocious young woman with a
Tags: Charming, Dense, Elegant, Erotic, Lush, Post-war literature, Witty
Henry Miller

The poet Karl Shapiro, in his introduction to the 1961 American publication of Henry Miller's "Tropic
Tags: Beats, Bombast, Ebullient, Ecstatic, Erotic, Improvised, In-your-face, Manic, Modernist literature, Overflowing, Perverse, Post-war literature, Sincere

Thomas Pynchon

Unfortunately, little is known about the personal life of Thomas Pynchon, the man behind such innovat
Tags: Deconstructive, Excessive, Funny, Manic, Open-ended, Paranoid, Post-war literature, Postmodern fiction, Surreal, Trippy
Jackson Pollock

While it may seem like a contradiction to speak of chaos and precision in the same sentence, the work
Tags: Abstract expressionism, Expansive, Formless, Loose, Playful, Post-war literature, Repetition, Rhythmic

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