Leslie Aaron Fiedler fut un critique littéraire américain connu pour son intérêt pour la mythographie et sa défense de la fiction de genre. Son travail impliquait également l'application de théories psychologiques à la littérature américaine. En pratique, il fut l'un des premiers critiques postmodernes, s'intéressant à la littérature en général à partir des années 1970. Son érudition influente a exploré des couches symboliques plus profondes et des motivations psychologiques au sein des œuvres littéraires américaines, offrant aux lecteurs de nouvelles perspectives et définissant une première approche postmoderne.
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From two-headed men and dwarfs to Siamese twins, the phenomenon of the freak has fascinated people for centuries. In this classic study of the very nature of that fascination, the renowned literary and cultural critic Fiedler offers an in-depth examination of man's views of the freak from classical times to present. 150 photos and line drawings.
But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, "John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . ."
While on a tour of Europe and the Middle East in 1867, Twain wrote a series of travel letters which form the basis of The Innocents Abroad. Journeying from New York to Egypt via France, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Russia, Turkey and the Holy Land, Twain observed and lampooned his companions and the locals with his typically caustic and incisive commentary. In frequently humorous, sometimes grotesque detail, Twain records the day-to-day ups and downs of discoverint the truth about people and places.
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