To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history.
Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that he … - Leslie Fiedler
Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that he …
- Leslie Fiedler
I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monument… - Leslie Fiedler
I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monument…
Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better. - Leslie Fiedler
Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better.
The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans. - Leslie Fiedler
The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible. - Leslie Fiedler
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible.
To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always bee… - Leslie Fiedler
To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always bee…
There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola. - Leslie Fiedler
There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola.
Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted … - Leslie Fiedler
Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted …
I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love. - Leslie Fiedler
I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.
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