Love and death in the American novel

Description:

This 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.

subjects: Masculinity in literature,  Death in literature,  Archetype (Psychology) in literature,  Myth in literature,  History and criticism,  American Psychological fiction,  United States,  American National characteristics,  National characteristics, American, in literature,  Race relations in literature,  Love in literature,  American fiction,  Literature and anthropology,  American fiction, history and criticism,  National characteristics in literature,  Mythology in literature,  Archetype (psychology),  American literature, history and criticism,  American fiction--history and criticism,  Literature and anthropology--united states,  Ps371 .f544 1997,  813.009/3543

Places: United States