Love and Death in the American Novel - Softcover
Lengthy analyses of Moby Dick, The Scarlet Letter, and Huckleberry Finn help to illustrate the duplicity with which themes of love and death are treated in American fiction
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Leslie Fiedler is Samuel Clemens Professor and SUNY Distinguished Professor at SUNY Buffalo. One of the greatest living literary critics, his works include LOVE AND DEATH IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL (1960), AN END TO INNOCENCE (1955); NUDE CROQUET (1969), and FREAKS (1978).
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“Prof. Fiedler's entertaining account of the American novel's obsessions remains one of the key works of American studies more then 30 years after its first appearance.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Genuinely original . . . a work of lasting importance . . . a powerful indictment of our culture and of modern culture in general.” (Richard Chase)
“I know few works of criticism that are so likely to involve the reader whose interest in literature is not of a professional kind . . . it amounts to a general cultural history of the nation.” (Lionel Trilling)
“In its insights the book remains immensely intelligent, immediate, and vital.” (David Plante - Bookforum)
“It is not possible to read Leslie Fiedler's criticism without a sense of awe and excitement.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Genuinely original . . . a work of lasting importance . . . a powerful indictment of our culture and of modern culture in general.” (Richard Chase)
“I know few works of criticism that are so likely to involve the reader whose interest in literature is not of a professional kind . . . it amounts to a general cultural history of the nation.” (Lionel Trilling)
“In its insights the book remains immensely intelligent, immediate, and vital.” (David Plante - Bookforum)
“It is not possible to read Leslie Fiedler's criticism without a sense of awe and excitement.” (Los Angeles Times)
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- PublisherPaladin
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0586080031
- ISBN 13 9780586080030
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages480
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Book softcover Second Edition pp474. Condition Very Good clean and tight, tanned edges and margins, creased spine, opening crease to front cover. Small bump to front right hand corner, otherwise sharp corners and edges. remains of label on endpaper and a literary 'shopping list' on back inside cover. Seller Inventory # Fiedler, Leslie A.
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