Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 08. März 1917 |
Geburtsort | Newark, New Jersey, US |
Todesort | Buffalo,_New_York |
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Beschreibung | Leslie Aaron Fiedler (March 8, 1917 – January 29, 2003) was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work incorporates the application of psychological theories to American literature. Fiedler's best known work is the book Love and Death in the American Novel (1960). A retrospective article on Leslie Fiedler in the New York Times Book Review in 1965 referred to Love and Death in the American Novel as "one of the great, essential books on the American imagination . . . an accepted major work." This work views in depth both American literature and character from the time of the American Revolution to the present. From it, there emerges Fiedler's once scandalous—now increasingly accepted—judgement that our literature is incap |
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.
I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.
All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.
When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It was nothing like what I thought of as serious dancing and even then I knew I was having a great experience. It was as if somebody was moving through space like no one ever did before.
Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.
It's funny to be a critic.
I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.
