Love & Death American Novel - Softcover

Fiedler, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812817990 ISBN 13: 9780812817997

Publisher: Stein & Day,U.S., 1966

Synopsis

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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Review:

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.

It is not possible to read Leslie Fiedler's criticism without a sense of awe and excitement.

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

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Stein & Day,U.S.
• Publication date: 1966
• ISBN 10: 0812817990
• ISBN 13: 9780812817997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3