Love and Death in the American Novel

"No other study of the American novel has such fascinating and on the whole right things to say."â€”Washington PostA 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 groundbreaking 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 scandalousâ€”now increasingly acceptedâ€”judgment that our literature is incapable of dealing with adult sexuality and is pathologically obsessed with death.

Literature & Fiction

Fiedler, Leslie

United States

Anchor

From two-headed men and dwarfs to Siamese twins, the phenomenon of the freak has fascinated people for centuries. In this classic study of the very nature of that fascination, the renowned literary and cultural critic Fiedler offers an in-depth examination of man's views of the freak from classical times to present. 150 photos and line drawings.

FREAKS

Science & Math

Nude Croquet

Stein Day Publishers

Waiting for the End

Stein & Day Pub

Unfinished Business

UNKNO

Traces the life of Buffalo Bill, examines the development of his legend, and analyzes the treatment of him in art and movies

Buffalo Bill and the Wild West

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

A collection of twelve essays on Jewish consciousness and culture

Fiedler on the Roof: Essays on Literature and Jewish Identity

Essays & Correspondence

David R. Godine, Publisher

Twelve essays on Jewish culture as explored through the works of Joyce, Styron, Isaac Bashevis, Singer, and others.

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 groundbreaking 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―judgment that our literature is incapable of dealing with adult sexuality and is pathologically obsessed with death.

Dalkey Archive Press

This is a bold new collection of essays from Leslie Fiedler, one of America's most brilliant literary and social critics. Wound together by the common thread of bioethics, they encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support (or as Fiedler says, "permitting the imperfect to die"), the role that doctors play in our society, the trend back to herbal medicine, and how we confront (or try not to confront) old age and Eros. Fiedler speaks of bioethics not as a health-care professional, but as a passionate, well-informed amateur. A literary critic, he brings particular breadth to the topic, using it as a window through which to examine the mythology of abnormality in our society. His examples are culled from history, from personal experience, and from those works that have most penetrated our culture, our attitudes, even our collective subconscious: whether acknowledged literary classics (Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the works of Dickens and Shakespeare) or more popular entertainments, such and Ken Kesey's "youth novel" One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest and the enormously successful television shows Marcus Welby, M.D. and E.R. As in his earlier book, the bestselling Freaks, Fiedler's concern here is with the Other, the individual who does not fit within society s parameters of "normalcy" and so becomes the Outsider - even as that individual uncomfortably challenges many of our cherished assumptions about our capacities for civilization and tolerance. Frequently controversial, at times infuriating, these essays will anger parties on all sides of these debates. But they will also appeal to anyone who appreciates the unorthodox insights of an inquisitive and voracious mind.

Tyranny of the Normal

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Love and Death in the American Novel

FREAKS

Nude Croquet

Waiting for the End

Unfinished Business

Buffalo Bill and the Wild West

Fiedler on the Roof: Essays on Literature and Jewish Identity

Fiedler on the Roof: Essays on Literature and Jewish Identity

Love and Death in the American Novel

Tyranny of the Normal