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“To be an American (unlike being English or French or whatever) is precisely to imagine a destiny rather than to inherit one; since we have always been, insofar as we are Americans at all, inhabitants of myth rather than history.”

Quote by Leslie Fiedler

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Leslie Fiedler, an influential American literary critic, was born on March 8, 1917, and passed away on January 29, 2003. He made significant contributions to the field of literary criticism, particularly through his research on American literature. more

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