- Part-time Faculty
- Writing and Rhetoric
- Phone: 401.874.5932
- Email: dlees@uri.edu
Biography
Daniel Lees’s background is in British Romantic poetry, as reflected in a recently published article on Shelley’s “Mont Blanc,” though his current teaching has centered on technical and scientific writing, particularly with graduate students in engineering disciplines. In addition, he also offers classes in beginning, intermediate, and advanced Latin.
Research
Technical and scientific writing; legal writing
Education
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1970
- MAT, Brown University, 1966
- Ed.B., Rhode Island College, 1962
Selected Publications
“Berkeley Redux: Imagination as Ethical Power in Shelley’s ‘Mont Blanc.’” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 58.3 (Fall 2016): 278-304.
“Being Sisyphus: The Mythological Basis of Connell’s ‘The Most Dangerous Game.’” Critical Engagements—A Journal of Criticism and Theory 5.1/5.2. 2012: 167-78.