Leon Edel
Leon Edel · Arts & Literature
Literary & drama critic
1907, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States — 1997, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
United States · Canada
Leon Edel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
Edel was an American-Canadian literary critic and biographer, raised in Canada, celebrated above all for his monumental five-volume life of Henry James, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He helped define modern literary biography, arguing that a biographer must uncover the inner, psychological life behind the works. A leading James scholar, he edited the novelist's letters and notebooks. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
Literary & drama critic
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
