Leonard Fellows Dean (1910–1999)
Author of Modern Poetry
About the Author
Leonard F. Dean is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. He has been Professor and Chairman of the Department of English at the University of Illinois, and has held the same rank at the University of Connecticut and at Tulane University.
Works by Leonard Fellows Dean
Twentieth century interpretations of Julius Caesar; a collection of critical essays (1968) 14 copies, 1 review
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- Birthdate
- 1910
- Date of death
- 1999
- Gender
- male
- Short biography
- Leonard F. Dean of Damariscotta, Maine, a professor emeritus of the University of Connecticut, died in Maine Tuesday. He was 89.
Dean was chairman of the English department at UConn from 1948 to 1965 and directed the development of the department's graduate program.
He was born in Three Rivers, Mich. Educated at Harvard and the University of Michigan, Dean was a prominent university professor and administrator. In 1939, he joined the faculty of Tulane University in New Orleans, where he became head of the English department before going to UConn.
(Online sources differ as to whether he was born in 1909 or 1910.) - Nationality
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Twentieth Century Interpretations of Julius Caesar: A Collection of Critical Essays by Leonard Fellows Dean
Julius Caesar is not a major play, although it is one of the most widely read plays in middle and high school. It lacks the psychological depth of the high tragedies: the characters are painted more caricatures, with Brutus being the idealistic, Stoic, moral cener of the play. He is boring. He makes bad decisions. He is didactic and unfeeling.
I found this little volume in my school's library. Many critics see Brutus as a puzzle - what really lies under the Stoic veneer? Is he a tragic hero? show more If so, what is his flaw? show less
I found this little volume in my school's library. Many critics see Brutus as a puzzle - what really lies under the Stoic veneer? Is he a tragic hero? show more If so, what is his flaw? show less
882 Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and Criticisms, edited by Leonard F. Dean (read 5 Dec 1966) Back in the June 1952 I read Conrad's Heart of Darkness with no particular appreciation. I have now finished reading it and while I cannot say I was bowled over, I was tremendously impressed by the style: "The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the show more heart of an immense darkness." I shall be reading more Conrad. show less
This is part of a collection from the 1950's and 1960's probably for use as college course material. I've only seen one other piece of the collection, volume 5, The Augustans. These are wonderfully edited and the commentary is excellent. The layout of the works and the references are first rate. From Gerald Manley Hopkins to Phillip Larkin. I've never considered myself a reader of poetry, but this is a nice collection.
An anthology of essays on language and linguistics in English, a text from 1971.
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