James Leslie Woodress

Background

Woodress, James Leslie was born on July 7, 1916 in Webster Groves, Missouri, United States. Son of James Leslie and Jessie (Smith) Woodress.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1938; A.M., New York University, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1950; Doctor of Letters, U. Nebraska, 1995.

Career

News editor, Station KWK, St. Louis, 1939-1940; rewriteman, editor, United Press International, New York City, 1940-1943; instructor English,, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1949-1950; assistant Professor of English,, Butler U., Indianapolis, 1950-1953; associate professor, Butler U., 1953-1958; associate Professor of English,, San Fernando Valley (California) State College, 1958-1961; professor, San Fernando Valley (California) State College, 1961-1966; department chairman, San Fernando Valley (California) State College, 1959-1963; dean letters and science, San Fernando Valley (California) State College, 1963-1965; Professor of English,, University of California-Davis, 1966-1987; department chairman, University of California-Davis, 1970-1974; visiting professor, Sorbonne, Paris, 1974-1975, 83.

Achievements

• James Leslie Woodress has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Willa Cather: A Literary Life

    ( James Woodress goes beyond previous biographers in draw...)

  • Booth Tarkington Gentleman From Indiana

    (Green Hardcover with Gilt Lettering. Good Condition. 350 ...)

  • Howells and Italy

    (Book by James Leslie Woodress)

  • Dissertations in American Literature 1891-1955 with Supplement 1956-1961

    (Durham 1962 Duke. 8vo., 138pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ,...)

  • Howells and Italy
  • Booth Tarkington: Gentleman from Indiana

Membership

Served to Lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association (secretary American Literature group 1962-1963), American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Roberta Wilson, September 28, 1940.

Father:

James Leslie Woodress

Mother:

Jessie (Smith) Woodress

Spouse:

Roberta Wilson