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“Love and Death in the American Novel,” Reviewed

New Yorker Culture 01 June 2026 2d ago
“Love and Death in the American Novel,” Reviewed
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Relevance
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Freshness
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Authority
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For the critic Leslie Fiedler, the country’s best and worst fiction was shaped by visions of escape from society—and therefore from maturity.
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