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