Keele, Alan (Frank)

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KEELE, Alan (Frank)

KEELE, Alan (Frank). American, b. 1942. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Language/Linguistics, Translations. Career: Mormon missionary in Germany, 1962-64; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, teacher of Germanic and Slavic languages, P.A. Christensen Memorial Lecturer, 1976, Honors Professor of the Year, 1992, Karl G. Maeser Professor, 1996, department head, and founding co-chairperson of Distance Learning Committee. Publications: Paul Schallueck and the Postwar German Don Quixote: A Case History Prolegomenon to the Literature of the Federal Republic, 1976; (with M.H. Folsom) Learn German, 1978; A German-English, English-German Glossary for Missionaries, 1982, 2nd ed. (with M.H. Folsom), 1983; The Apocalyptic Vision: A Thematic Exploration of Postwar German Literature, 1983; (with M.H. Folsom) German Core Vocabulary in Context: A Pedagogical Dictionary for Beginning Students of German, 1983; (with K.-H. Schnibbe and D.F. Tobler) The Price: The True Story of a Mormon Who Defied Hitler, 1984; Understanding Guenter Grass, 1988; (with R.L. Jones and F.J. Goertz) Wortindex zur "Blechtrommel" von Guenter Grass, 1990; (with Schnibbe and B. Holmes) Jugendliche gegen Hitler: Die Helmuth Huebener Gruppe in Hamburg, 1941-42, 1991; (with B. Holmes) When Truth Was Treason: German Youth against Hitler, 1995. TRANSLATOR: (with L. Norris) R.M. Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus, 1989; (with N. Davis and G. Davis) W. Kempowski, Dog Days, 1991; (with L. Norris) Rilke, Duino Elegies, 1993. EDITOR: (with M.H. Folsom) P.P. Ashworth and C. Vigo, Learn Spanish, 1980; (with M.H. Folsom) C.W. Griggs and R. Stewart, Learn Greek, 1981, 2nd ed. (with M.F. Shelley), 1984; (with M.H. Folsom) M. Watabe, Learn Japanese, 1984. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to journals. Address: 4082 JKHB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, U.S.A. Online address: Alan_Keele@BYU.edu

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