Alvin A. Lee, B.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 named in his honour. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Master of Divinity is a common degree among theological seminaries and is considered the minimum academic requirement for ordination into pastoral ministry. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... McMaster University is a prestigious medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 16,771 full-time and 3,599 part-time students (as of 2004). ... Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ...

His academic interests lay in the fields of Old English literature, the Bible and literature, and literary theory. Opening pages to a 11th century Anglo-Saxon manuscript. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible therefore actually refers to at least... ... Literary theory is the theory (or the philosophy) of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism. ...

Lee currently serves as the General Editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye project; he has edited one volume himself, and is working on the edition of Frye's The_Great_Code. He is perhaps best known for his work on Beowulf: Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: Beowulf as Metaphor. Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 - January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic, one of the most distinguished of the 20th century. ... The first page of Beowulf This article describes Beowulf, the epic poem. ...