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Revision as of 00:41, 17 November 2012
Elisa New (born in 1958) is a Professor of English at Harvard University. She holds a B.A. from Brandeis University (1980), as well as a M.A. and a Ph.D from Columbia University (1982 and 1988, respectively). Her interests include American poetry, American Literature-1900, Religion and Literature, and Jewish literature.[1] Before moving to Harvard, she taught at the University of Pennsylvania.
She was born in Philadelphia, PA, and raised in Maryland.[2] She had three daughters (Yael, Orli, and Maya) with her first husband, Fred Levine. On December 11, 2005, she married Lawrence Summers who became her second husband.[3]
Selected works
- The Regenerate Lyric: Theology and Innovation in American Poetry. Cambridge University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-521-43021-0.
- The Line's Eye: Poetic Experience, American Sight. Harvard University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-674-53462-9.
- Jacob's Cane: A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four lands of Lithuania to the Ports of Baltimore and London. Basic Books. 2009. ISBN 978-0-465-01525-2.