{"product_id":"william-ellery-leonard-the-professor-and-the-locomotive-god-9781611475883","title":"William Ellery Leonard: The Professor and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Ellery Leonard was an eccentric poet, professor, and critic whose romantic ideals were set against a world whose aesthetics were fast turning away from his own. He lived a life marked by both success and dramatic failure, both personally and professionally. His first wife’s suicide would haunt him and mark one of his greatest poems, the sonnet sequence Two Lives; his translations of Lucretius and Beowulf stood as hallmarks of the craft for decades after they were published; and his political satires written in response to the University sphere he lived and worked in remain as effective today as they once were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Ellery Leonard was an eccentric poet and professor and critic who produced poems based on his life experiences and whose translations of Lucretius and Beowulf became accepted classics of literature: it's fitting that a biography of his life and works should incorporate the influences that molded his literary expertise. College-level students of his works will find this an outstanding critical coverage adding much to any collection in 20th-century literary figures, with chapters offering footnotes of reference, plenty of analysis of his works with liberal quotes throughout, and all the tools needed to understand Leonard's ongoing influence. * Bookwatch *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments \t  Prologue: Sixteen St. Luke’s Place\t  I. The Young Professor 1906-1907\t  II. Marriage and Tragedy 1909-1911\t  III. A Son of New England 1876-1898\t IV. Choosing a Career 1898-1906\t  V. The Wound and the Bow 1911-1913\t  VI. The Translator’s Experience and Art 1914-1916\t  VII. The World Outside 1914-1920 \t  VIII. From Heroic Poetry to Personal Drama 1920-1923\t  IX. The Lives of Two Lives 1925 \t  X. Professor and Patient 1922-1925 \t  XI. The Locomotive-God 1926-1931\t  XII. A Scholar’s World 1920-1934\t  XIII. First Love, Last Poem 1932-1942\t  XIV. A Quiet, Peaceful Life 1940-1944\t  Epilogue: “Famed for Phobia”\t  Bibliography\t  About the Author","brand":"Fairleigh Dickinson University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041688060247,"sku":"9781611475883","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781611475883.jpg?v=1750951307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/william-ellery-leonard-the-professor-and-the-locomotive-god-9781611475883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}