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Portrait of David Leeming, 1966 (Beauford Delaney) |
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David Leeming
David Leeming is the author of James Baldwin: A Biography, and Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney. His many books on mythology focus on the role of myth in shaping the vision and identity of cultures and communities. From early 1963 until mid-1967, Leeming worked for James Baldwin as his secretary/assistant. Leeming is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut.
David Leeming can be contacted at dleeming@davidleeming.com.
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Click here to view all titles by David Leeming at Amazon.com.
- Selected Bibliography:
The World of Myth. Oxford University Press, 1990 James Baldwin: A Biography. Alfred Knopf, 1994 Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine (with Jake Page). Oxford University Press, 1994 God: Myths of the Male Divine (with Jake Page). Oxford University Press, 1996 Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney. Oxford University Press, 1998 The Mythology of Native North America (with Jake Page). Oklahoma University Press, 1998 Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero; Revised Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 1998 Dictionary of Asian Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2000 Myth: A Biography of Belief. Oxford University Press, 2002 From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2003 Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East. Oxford University Press, 2004 Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press, 2005
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James Baldwin: A Biography
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Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
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- Works in Progress:
Prelude to a Movement: Black Paris and the Struggle for Freedom - screenplay for docudrama on African-American expatriates in Paris after World War II
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