A New Fiedler Reader
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- Synopsis
- Leslie Fiedler's radical opinions and theories have changed the way we think about literature and pop culture, challenging long-established schools and ushering in a genre of first-person, experience-based criticism. His views, such as suggesting that college students read Timothy Leary along with John Milton, and his willingness to treat comic books, soap operas, soft porn movies, and romance novels as seriously as the canonical great books, often outraged an intellectual community that labeled him controversial, obscene, and annoying. Fiedler was accused of corrupting the young with dangerous leftist ideas that challenge some of the most dearly held traditional beliefs and easy affirmations, as well as unqualified pieties and allegiances. Now praised and respected as "one of the most important figures in the history of American cultural thought in this century," Fiedler has been applauded for introducing groundbreaking concepts that currently permeate university studies i! n literature. Designed to delight Fiedler's contemporary audience and introduce the author to a whole new generation of readers, A NEW FIEDLER READER is a captivating anthology of Fiedler's most notorious essays, from the often misread and maligned "Come Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey!" to the creative evaluation of an American literary giant in "An Almost Imaginary Interview: Hemingway in Ketchum." Also included are more recent essays, such as "In Every Generation: A Meditation on the Two Holocausts" and "Who's the Cowboy? Who's the Indian? The Slowest Gun in the West." Complementing these essays are various lesser-known poems and short stories, providing the reader with the complete Fiedler experience.
- Copyright:
- 1999
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 592 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781573927468
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 07/23/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Leslie A. Fiedler
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Nonfiction, Education
- Submitted By:
- Dr. Kenneth Cross
- Proofread By:
- Satauna
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.