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Lee A. Siegel

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Lee A. Siegel is a novelist and professor of religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is not related to the critic Lee Siegel. In 1988 Siegel was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow [1]. He has received numerous fellowships and grants including five Senior Research Fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Smithsonian Institute (1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1996), four research grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council (1982, 1985, 1987, 1990) and one from the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies. In addition Professor Siegel has been two Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching (1986 and 1996). He has been a scholar-in-residence at the Rock...more

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Average rating: 3.45 · 169 ratings · 32 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Love in a Dead Language 3.56 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	City of Dreadful Night: A Tale of Horror and the Macabre in India 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Love and Other Games of Chance: A Novelty 3.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Love and the Incredibly Old Man: A Novel 2.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Net of Magic: Wonders and Deceptions in India 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Fires of Love: Waters of Peace 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983	My rating:
	Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987	My rating:
	Sacred And Profane Dimensions Of Love In Indian Traditions As Exemplified In The Gitagovinda Of Jayadeva 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:

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“We enter into a relationship with any text we hear or read, like the relationship with a friend, a lover, or an enemy. A relationship is the ultimate meaning of the text.”
― Lee A. Siegel, Love in a Dead Language

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“Everyone needs to be deceived and, provided it doesn't cost too much, wants to be fooled.”
― Lee A. Siegel, Love and Other Games of Chance: A Novelty

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“You can learn to do anything in the world if your life depends on it and if you can read.”
― Lee A. Siegel, Love and Other Games of Chance: A Novelty

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