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# Leslie Fielder

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Leslie Aaron Fiedler was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work incorporates the application of psychological theories to American literature. Fiedler's best known work is the book Love and Death in the American Novel (1960).

##  Quotes by Leslie Fielder

> [“Our fiction is not merely in flight from the physical data of the actual world…it is, bewilderingly and embarrassingly, a gothic fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-fielder/our-fiction-is-not-merely-in-flight-from-the-physical-data-of-the/)

Leslie Fielder

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