William Levitan

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Professor Emeritus (retired)

Latin literature / ancient drama / ancient music / the classical tradition 

BA Yale University
PhD University of Texas
Fellow of the American Academy in Rome

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

ABELARD & HELOISE: The Letters and Other Writings, translated, with Introduction and Notes. Hackett Publishing Company

Heloise: First Letter, New England Review

Plexed Artistry: Aratean Acrostics, Glyph

Dancing at the End of the Rope: Optatian Porfyry and the Field of Roman Verse, TAPA

Seneca in Racine, Yale French Studies

Curriculum vitae


Faculty & Staff



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