Professor Dr. Naomi Levine

Biography

Naomi Levine is an Assistant Professor of English at Yale University, specializing in the study of Victorian poetry and its critical reception. She holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, awarded in 2015. Her research focuses on the aesthetics and poetics of the nineteenth century, particularly examining the significance and theory of rhyme in Victorian literary history. Levine's current book project, 'Badness Poetry,' explores evaluative criticism related to nineteenth-century poems, theorizing the aesthetic category of 'badness' and its implications for judgment and interpretation within poetry. Her scholarly work has been published in renowned journals such as Modern Language Quarterly, Victorian Studies, and Literature Compass. At Yale, she teaches various courses, including the history of poetry and advanced seminars focusing on love, desire, and significant nineteenth-century literary figures. Prior to her role at Yale, she was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Levine's notable publications include 'The Burden of Rhyme: Victorian Poetry, Formalism, and the Feeling of Literary History,' which will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2024.

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