Alvin A. Lee (born September 30, 1930), B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., is a literary critic. The majority of his academic career—some 39 years—was spent at McMaster University in Hamilton; he served as President and vice-chancellor of that university from 1980 to 1990. The McMaster Museum of Art is housed in a building named in his honour because of his work acquiring art for McMaster University. He received honorary doctorates from Victoria Universi...
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Alvin A. Lee (born September 30, 1930), B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., is a literary critic. The majority of his academic career—some 39 years—was spent at McMaster University in Hamilton; he served as President and vice-chancellor of that university from 1980 to 1990. The McMaster Museum of Art is housed in a building named in his honour because of his work acquiring art for McMaster University. He received honorary doctorates from Victoria University in the University of Toronto, and from McMaster University, and was made an honorary professor at Beijing University, the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and Heilongjiang University.
His academic interests lie in the fields of Old English literature, the Bible and literature, and literary theory.
Lee currently serves as the General Editor of the 30-volume Collected Works of Northrop Frye, being published by the University of Toronto Press (26 vols in print as of 2008); he has edited two volumes himself, including an annotated...
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