Joseph Leon Edel

Background

EDEL, Joseph Leon was born on September 9, 1907 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Simon Edel and Fanny Malamud.

Education

Master of Arts, McGill University, 1928. Doctor of Letters, McGill University, 1963. D.és.L., University Paris, 1932.

Doctor of Letters, Union College, 1963. Doctor of Literature, University Saskatchewan, 1982. Doctor of Letters, Hawaii Loa College, 1988.

Career

Writer, journalist, 1932-1943; visiting professor, New York University, 1950-1952; associate Professor of English, New York University, 1953-1954; Professor of English, New York University, 1955-1966; Henry James Professor of English and American letters, New York University, 1966-1973; emeritus, New York University, 1973; citizens professor humanities, U. Hawaii, 1971-1978; emeritus, U. Hawaii, 1978-1997. Member of faculty Harvard University, summer 1952, visiting professor, 1959-1960. Centenary visiting professor U. Toronto, 1967.

Gauss seminar lecturer Princeton University, 1952-1953. Visiting professor Indiana U., 1954-1955, U. Hawaii, summer 1955, 69-70, Purdue University, 1970. Alexander lecturer U. Toronto, 1956.

Westminster Abbey address Henry James Memorial, 1976. Visiting professor Center Advanced Study, Wesleyan University, 1965. Visiting fellow Humanities Research Center, Canberra, Australia, 1976.

Vernon professor biography Dartmouth College, 1977. Bollingen Foundation fellow, 1958-1961.

Achievements

• Joseph Leon Edel has been listed as a noteworthy biographer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Henry James: A Life

    ("This abridgment of Leon Edel's acclaimed biography of He...)

  • Writing Lives: Principia Biographica

    ( “Leon Edel has brilliantly provided for the art of biog...)

  • Henry James: A Life

    (This is the one-volume edition of a famous biography of H...)

  • James Joyce: The Last Journey

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • James Joyce: The Last Journey

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • The Life of Henry James, 5 volumes (5 volume set first published in 1953 and concluding in 1972)

    (National Book Award-winning biography of Henry James in 5...)

  • James Joyce: The Last Journey

    (This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.)

  • James Joyce: The Last Journey

    (This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.)

  • A Bibliography of Henry James (St. Paul's Bibliographies)

    (A Bibliography of Henry James (St. Paul's Bibliographies)...)

  • The Modern Psychological Novel (The Universal Library)

    (Universal Library Edition, 1964. Revised and enlarged, wi...)

  • Stuff of Sleep and Dreams: Experiments in Literary Psychology

    (beautiful and interesting)

  • Bloomsbury: A House of Lions by Leon Edel (1979-06-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Bloomsbury, a House of Lions by Leon Edel (1980-05-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Bloomsbury, a House of Lions

    (Avon paperback. 1979. Crease at lower corner of front cov...)

  • Bloomsbury: A House of Lions

    (Fiction, Novel)

  • Henry D. Thoreau - American Writers 90: University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers (Paperback))

    ( Henry D. Thoreau - American Writers 90 was first publis...)

  • The Complete Tales of Henry James Volume 1, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 & 12
  • The Complete Tales of Henry James. Vol. 12. 1903-1910
  • Stuff of Sleep and Dreams: Experiments in Literary Psychology by Leon Edel (1-Apr-1982) Hardcover
  • The Diary Of Alice James by Linda Simon (1999-04-08)
  • Bloomsbury a House of Lions
  • The Life of Henry James: v. 2 (Peregrine Books) by Leon Edel (1978-01-26)
  • A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HENRY JAMES
  • Writing Lives: Principia Biographica English Language edition by Edel, Leon (1987) Paperback
  • JAMES JOYCE: The Last Journey.
  • The Complete Tales of Henry James in Twelve Volumes
  • Henry James: A Life
  • Henry James: A Life by Leon Edel (1985-10-01)
  • Writing Lives: Principia Biographica By Edel, Leon ( Author ) Paperback 1987
  • The psychological novel, 1900-1950
  • Henry James in Westminster Abbey: The Address
  • The Complete Tales of Henry James (12 volume set)
  • The psychological novel, 1900-1950
  • (Writing Lives: Principia Biographica) Author: Leon Edel published on (July, 1987)

Membership

Member advising committee education Metropolitan Museum Centenary, 1969-1970. Member educational advising committee Guggenheim Foundation, 1967-1980. Served as First lieutenant Army of the United States, World World War II, 1945.

Director Press Agency 1945-1946, United States zone Germany. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Society Literature (England). Member National Institute Arts and Letters (secretary 1965-1967), Washington White Psychoanalytic Society (honorary), American Academy Psychoanalysis (honorary), Society Authors (England), Authors Guild (member of council, president 1969-1971), P.E.N. (president American Center 1957-1959), Hawaii Literature Arts Council (president 1978-1979), Century Club (New York City).

Interests

• Music, book collecting, swimming.

Connections

Married 1st Bertha Cohen in 1935 (divorced in 1950), married 2nd Roberta Roberts in 1950 (divorced in 1979). Married 3rd Marjorie P. Sinclair in 1980.

Father:

Simon Edel

Mother:

Fannie (Malamud) Edel

Spouse:

Roberta Roberts

Spouse:

Marjorie P. Sinclair