The New Yorker
US · 8 hrs ago
✦ 78◉ Centre
“Love and Death in the American Novel,” Reviewed
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A review or critical essay examining Leslie Fiedler's thesis on how American literature has been fundamentally shaped by themes of escape from society and rejection of adult maturity. The piece explores Fiedler's influence on literary criticism and interpretation of the American novel tradition.
“Love and Death in the American Novel,” Reviewed
For the critic Leslie Fiedler, the country’s best and worst fiction was shaped by visions of escape from society—and therefore from maturity.
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