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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.
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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