Leslie Fiedler
Literary critic, Author
1917 – 2003
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Who was Leslie Fiedler?
Leslie Aaron Fiedler was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work also involves application of psychological theories to American literature. He was in practical terms one of the early postmodernist critics working across literature in general, from around 1970. His most cited work is Love and Death in the American Novel.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1917
Newark - Also known as
- Leslie Aaron Fiedler
- Leslie A. Fiedler
- Spouses
- Margaret Shipley
(1939 - 1973)
- Margaret Shipley
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
English Literature
( - 1941)
- Lived in
- Missoula
- Buffalo
( - 2003/01/29)
- Died
- Jan 29, 2003
Buffalo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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