A Conversation in the Life of Leland R. Phelps. America and Germany: Literature, Art and Music. by Borchardt, Frank L. [and] Marion C. Salinger - 1987

Durham: Duke University Press, 1987. Paperback. xiii., 142p., 9x6 inches; uneven toning on wrappers, small chip on front corner, minor soiling on bottom fore-edge, else in very good condition. English text with German excerpts. Includes a debate on Walt Whitman's homosexuality in Germany. Occasional Paper Series, Number Eighteen. Leland R. Phelps was a pioneer in computing with language. Using a grant, he assisted in writing the code for the first Computer Assisted Language Instruction System (CALIS) with a fellow graduate student (Borchardt, Language and Computing at Duke University).

Durham, N.C.: Duke University, Center for International Studies, 1987. xiii, [1], 142 pages. Original printed wraps. [22.7 cm.] Very good. Wraps a bit sun-faded, especially on spine; minor foxing to top edge; internally clean. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION BY PHELPS, dated in the year of publication, on the title page. It is addressed to Doug O'Dell, who was the proprietor of Chapel Hill Rare Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. While the inscription is unsigned, the handwriting is identical to another item in my inventory that was signed by Phelps on the same date. The papers in this collection were written for a symposium held in honor of Phelps on the occasion of his retirement from Duke University, where he was a longtime professor of German. Phelps was also a pioneer in the use of computers in foreign language education. In addition to tributes to Phelps by the editors, the volume includes: "Melville's German Streak" by Harrison Hayford: "Recent Trends… Read More