Powers, Lyall H. 1924-2018

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Name (Latin)
Powers, Lyall H. 1924-2018
Other forms of name
Powers, Lyall, 1924-2018
Powers, Lyall Harris, 1924-
Date of birth
1924-07-13
Date of death
2018-05-15
Occupation
College teachers
English teachers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 277564793
Wikidata: Q6707054
Library of congress: n 79117924
Sources of Information
  • Alien heart, [2003]:title page (Lyall Powers)
  • Amicus database, 17 September 2018(authorized access point (0058H7233): Powers, Lyall H. (Lyall Harris), 1924- )
  • Ann Arbor news (Ann Arbor, Mich. : 2013), 20 May 2018, online, viewed 17 September 2018(Lyall Harris Powers died May 15, 2018, in Ann Arbor, Michigan; born July 13, 1924, in Winnipeg, Manitoba; earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Manitoba and a PhD from Indiana University in 1955; taught at the University of Wisconsin before joining the faculty of the University of Michigan's English Department in 1958, earning emeritus status in 1992 and retiring at age 80; award of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984; his major focus was Henry James and his most widely circulated publication was about Margaret Lawrence)
  • Bosanquet, Theodora. Henry James at work, [2006]:title page (edited with notes and introductions by Lyall H. Powers)
  • Henry James and French naturalism, 1956:title page (by Lyall H. Powers) page before title page (copyrighted by Lyall Harris Powers)
  • James, Henry. The complete notebooks of Henry James, 1987:t.p. (edited with introductions and notes by [1 other] and Lyall H. Powers)
  • Author's Henry James and French naturalism, 1956.

Wikipedia description:

Lyall H. Powers (July 13, 1924 – May 15, 2018) was a professor of English at the University of Michigan, where he taught since 1958. He was granted emeritus status by the University's Regents during their October 1992 meeting. Powers wrote widely on modern American authors, and with Leon Edel, edited the complete notebooks of Henry James (Oxford University Press, 1987). One of his most widely circulated books is Alien Heart (University of Manitoba Press, 2005), a biography of Canadian author Margaret Laurence. A lifelong friend of Laurence, Powers met her when they were students together in the 1940s. The book is described as "the first full-length biography of Margaret Laurence that combines personal knowledge and insights about Laurence with a study of her work". Powers' archives are held at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

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