معرفی
Naomi Levine is an Assistant Professor of English at Yale University. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University (2015). Her research focuses on Victorian poetry, prosody, aesthetics, and the history of literary criticism, examining how formal, historical, affective, and evaluative dimensions of poetry intersect. Her first book, *The Burden of Rhyme: Victorian Poetry, Formalism, and the Feeling of Literary History* (University of Chicago Press, 2024), explores 19th-century theories of rhyme and their impact on literary studies. A second project, *Badness in Poetry*, investigates 20th-century critical evaluations of 19th-century verse, rethinking aesthetic judgment and interpretation.
Teaching & Courses: Levine teaches introductory poetry courses, seminars on elegy (*The Art of Losing*), 19th-century love/desire (*Love and Desire in the Nineteenth Century*), and graduate courses on Victorian literary figures like the Poetess and Woman of Letters. Her work bridges historical analysis and contemporary theory, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches.
Publications: Her essays appear in *Victorian Studies*, *Victorian Poetry*, *Victorian Literature and Culture*, and *MLQ*. Recent articles include explorations of New Criticism’s legacy, Tennyson’s elegiac traditions, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s historiographic methods.
Background: Before Yale, Levine was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Her research has been recognized for its innovative blending of formal analysis with cultural history.
