Lee, M. Owen

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LEE, M. Owen

LEE, M. Owen. American, b. 1930. Genres: Classics, Music. Career: Roman Catholic priest. University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, professor of classics, 1968-72; Loyola University, Chicago, associate professor of classics, 1972-75; University of Toronto, professor of classics, 1975-, now emeritus. Publications: Word, Sound, and Image in the Odes of Horace, 1969; Fathers and Sons in Virgil's Aeneid, 1979; Death and Rebirth in Virgil's Arcadia, 1989; Wagner's Ring: Turning the Sky Round, 1990; First Intermissions, 1995; Virgil as Orpheus, 1996; The Olive Tree Bed and Other Quests, 1997; A Season of Opera, 1998; Wagner: The Terrible Man and His Truthful Art, 1999; Father Lee's Opera Quiz Book, 2000; The Operagoer's Guide, 2001; Athena Sings: Wagner and the Greeks, 2003. Author of articles. Address: 81 St. Mary St, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1J4.