The Inadvertent Epic: From Uncle Tom's Cabin to Roots

by Leslie A. Fiedler

Book by Leslie fiedler

85 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1980

About the author

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. He was in practical terms one of the early postmodernist critics working across literature in general, from around 1970. His most cited work is Love and Death in the American Novel (1960).