Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
Leslie Fiedler

Born: March 8, 1917
Died: January 29, 2003 (aged 85)
Bio: Leslie Aaron Fiedler was an American literary critic, known for his interest in mythography and his championing of genre fiction. His work also involves application of psychological theories to American literature.
Known for:
- Love and death in the American novel (1960)
- Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self (1978)
- Tyranny of the normal (1996)
- The stranger in Shakespeare (1972)
- A new Fiedler reader (1999)