Love and Death in the American NovelA 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. |
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Contents
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RICHARDSON AND THE TRAGEDY OF SEDUCTION | 62 |
THE BOURGEOIS SENTIMENTAL NOVEL AND THE FEMALE AUDIENCE | 74 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ANTIBOURGEOIS SENTIMENTAL NOVEL IN AMERICA | 105 |
CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN AND THE INVENTION OF THE AMERICAN GOTHIC | 126 |
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER AND THE HISTORICAL ROMANCE | 162 |
ACHIEVEMENT AND FRUSTRATION | 215 |
CLARISSA IN AMERICA TOWARD MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR | 217 |
GOOD GOOD GIRLS AND GOOD BAD BOYS CLARISSA AS A JUVENILE | 259 |
THE REVENGE ON WOMAN FROM LUCY TO LOLITA | 291 |
THE FAILURE OF SENTIMENT AND THE EVASION OF LOVE | 337 |
THE BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOTHIC | 391 |
THE POWER OF BLACKNESS FAUSTIAN MAN AND THE CULT OF VIOLENCE | 430 |
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| Title | Love and Death in the American Novel American Literature Series Dalkey Archive scholarly series |
| Author | Leslie A. Fiedler |
| Contributor | Leslie A. Fiedler |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Dalkey Archive Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1564781631, 9781564781635 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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