Leonard Fellows Dean (1910–1999)

Author of Modern Poetry

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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.

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Modern Poetry (1950) — Editor — 162 copies

Shakespeare: Modern Essays in Criticism (Galaxy Books) (1957) 137 copies

Renaissance Poetry (1950) — Editor — 80 copies

Nine Great Plays: From Aeschylus to Eliot (Revised Edition) (1950) — Editor — 27 copies

Essays on language and usage (1959) 27 copies

A casebook on Othello (1961) 21 copies

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and Criticisms (1961) 15 copies

Twentieth Century Interpretations of Julius Caesar: A Collection of Critical Essays (20th Century Interpretations) (1968) 12 copies

Twelve great plays (1970) 11 copies

The College Omnibus (1951) 10 copies

Elizabethan Drama (1950) — Editor — 10 copies

Essays (1953) 9 copies

The play of language (1971) 6 copies

Essays. By Leonard F. Dean. 3rd Edition. 1962 Edition (1962) 2 copies

Elizabethan Drama English Masterpieces II 1 copy

Perspectives 1 copy

Courthouses and Courts of Early Granville County, North Carolina 1 copy

Mendenhall Matters, The Mendenhall Family Association Newsletter, 1994-1997 & 2002, Vol 1-4 & 9, many issues 1 copy

Talk About Your Unsung Heroes! The Military Life and Death of T/5 Daniel Parker Leonard, my brother 1 copy

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Twelfth Night (1601) — Editor, some editions — 10,829 copies

In Praise of Folly (1509) — Translator, some editions — 3,977 copies

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Birthdate: 1910
Date of death: 1999
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
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.)

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Twentieth Century Interpretations of Julius Caesar… 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? If so, what is his flaw?… (more)

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jonbrammer | Jul 1, 2023 |

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Backgrounds and… by Leonard F. Dean

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 heart of an immense darkness." I shall be reading more Conrad.… (more)

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Schmerguls | Jan 21, 2010 |