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J. B. Leishman (1902–1963)

Author of The monarch of wit; an analytical and comparative study of the poetry of John Donne

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About the Author

Includes the names: Leishman J.B., J.B. Leishman, James Blair Leishman, J. B. Donne] Leishman, introduction) Leishman (editor

Works by J. B. Leishman

The monarch of wit; an analytical and comparative study of the poetry of John Donne (1967) 38 copies

Themes and Variations in Shakespeare's Sonnets (1967) 23 copies

The art of Marvell's poetry (1968) 13 copies

The three Parnassus plays (1598-1601) (2010) 6 copies

Milton's minor poems (1969) 6 copies

Translating Horace. Thirty odes translated into the original metres with the Latin text and an introductory and… 2 copies

RAINER MARIA RILKE. New Poems. The German Text with a Translation. (1964) 1 copy

The Westminster Directory 1 copy

The Metaphysical Poets: Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Traherne 1 copy

Associated Works

Duino Elegies (1923) — Translator, some editions — 1,798 copies, 17 reviews

Possibility of Being: A Selection of Poems (1957) — Translator — 155 copies

Penguin Twentieth Century Classics : Rainer Maria Rilke : selected poems (1964) — Translator, Introduction — 133 copies, 1 review

Poems, 1906 to 1926 (1959) — Translator, some editions — 29 copies

Rainer Maria Rilke Selected Works Volume II Poetry (1992) — Translator, some editions — 17 copies

Selected Poems of Friedrich Holderlin (2008) — Translator — 16 copies

From the remains of Count C.W. (1952) — Translator, some editions — 10 copies

Rainer Maria Rilke: New Poems — Translator, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Leishman, James Blair
Birthdate: 1902
Date of death: 1963
Gender: male
Occupations: academic (lecturer in English, Oxford University)
Organizations: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung

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Works: 9
Also by: 8
Members: 91
Popularity: #204,136
Rating: ½ 4.3

ISBNs: 22

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