Biography of henry james writer leon edel

          Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he was to spend most of his life, in His novels.!

          Leon Edel

          American literary critic and historian

          Joseph Leon Edel (9 September 1907 – 5 September 1997) was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer.

          He was the elder brother of North American philosopherAbraham Edel.[1][2]

          The Encyclopædia Britannica calls Edel "the foremost 20th-century authority on the life and works of Henry James."[3] His work on James won him both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.[4]

          Life and career

          Edel was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Fannie (Malamud) and Simon Edel.[1] Edel grew up in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

          Edel wastes time on trivia, but aren't 3/4 of any human life trivial?

        1. Edel wastes time on trivia, but aren't 3/4 of any human life trivial?
        2. James was one of the towering literary figures of the late 19th Century and the prototype for the American expatriate abroad.
        3. Born in America, Henry James was educated both there and in Europe before settling in London, where he was to spend most of his life, in His novels.
        4. His five-volume biography of Henry James, published between and , has been considered among the finest biographies by and about an American author.
        5. Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer.

          6. He attended McGill University and the University of Paris. While at the former he was associated with the Montreal Group of modernist writers, which included F.R. Scott and A.J.M. Smith, and with them founded the influential McGill Fortnightly Review.

          Edel taught English and American literature at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia Uni