Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Aaron Fiedlerwas 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. His most cited work is Love and Death in the American Novel...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth8 March 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Leslie Fiedler quotes about
american-critic art both folk form
The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.
call large love people prefer queer themselves
I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory.
firefighter people want
I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.