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Love and Death in the American Novel

by Leslie Fiedler

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A retrospective article on Leslie Fielder in the New York Times Book Review in 1965 referred to this work as "one of the great, essential books on American Imagination — an accepted major work." This groundbreaking critical tome, first published in 1960, explores both Amscan literature and character from the Revolutionary War to the present. From it, there emerges Fielder's once scandalous — now increasingly accepted — judgment that our literature is incapable of dealing with adult sexuality and is obsessed with death.
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ISBN:
9781564781635
Introduction:
Harris, Charles
Preface:
Fiedler, Leslie
Preface:
Fiedler, Leslie
Introduction:
Harris, Charles
Author:
Fiedler, Leslie
Author:
Fiedler, Leslie
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
Location:
Normal, IL :
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
History & Criticism *
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
American fiction
Subject:
Love in literature
Subject:
Death in literature
Subject:
Race relations in literature
Subject:
Psychological fiction, American
Subject:
Literature and anthropology
Subject:
Myth in literature
Subject:
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Subject:
Masculinity in literature.
Subject:
Archetype
Edition Description:
1st Dalkey Archive ed.
Series:
American literature series
Series Volume:
MT437
Publication Date:
January 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
8.68x5.44x1.42 in. 1.37 lbs.
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