Stanford Luce
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Stanford Leonard Luce Jr | |
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| Born | May 19, 1923 |
| Died | March 26, 2007 (aged 83) |
| Occupations | Professor of French at Miami University in Oxford, OH |
Stanford Leonard Luce Jr (May 19, 1923 – March 26, 2007) was an American academician known for his work on Louis-Ferdinand Céline and for his English translations of Jules Verne books, especially The Kip Brothers and The Mighty Orinoco, which he was the first to translate into English.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Luce was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Agnes Foote Luce and Stanford L. Luce Sr. He received a Ph.D. in French studies from Yale University. He died at the age of 83 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Works
[edit | edit source]- Jules Verne, moralist, writer, scientist (1953), first English Ph.D. dissertation on Jules Verne, Yale University[1][2]
- A Glossary of Céline's Fiction, with English Translations (1979), Quality Books, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- A Half-century of Céline: An Annotated Bibliography, 1932-1982 with William K. Buckley (1983), Garland Pub., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Céline and His Critics: Scandals and Paradox (1986), Anma Libri, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Celine's Pamphlets: An Overview (199*), self-published, OCLC 82916731
Translations
[edit | edit source]- Jules Verne, The Mighty Orinoco (French: Le Superbe Orénoque), with Arthur B. Evans, Walter James Miller (2002), Wesleyan University Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Jules Verne, The Begum's Millions (French: Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum), with Arthur B. Evans and Peter Schulman (2005), Wesleyan University Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Conversations with Professor Y (French: Entretiens avec le professeur Y) (2006), Dalkey Archive Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Jules Verne, The Kip Brothers (French: Les Frères Kip), with Arthur B. Evans and Jean-Michel Margot (2007), Wesleyan University Press, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). [dead link]
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Note: Jean-Michel Margot is the president of the North American Jules Verne Society and co-writer of the 2007 English translation of The Kip Brothers.
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