Prof. Levy specializes in 19^th and 20^th-Century literature.  She particularly enjoys teaching interdisciplinary courses that integrate literature, film, art, history, theater, and architecture.  Her book, Refiguring the Muse, on the poetry of Anna de Noailles, Renée Vivien, Albert Samain, Sully Prudhomme, and Stéphane Mallarmé, was published in 1999.  Since then she has written and published on the literary representation of genius in 19^th-century French literature.  She has recently begun a new project on Resistance fighters who, after WWII, fought in the wars of decolonization.  Her essays, book reviews and translations have appeared in SAQ, Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Excavatio, College Literature, and Contemporary French Civilization.  Her work also appears in Modern French Literary Studies in the Classroom : Pedagogical Strategies (MLA Publications, 2004) and Les Lieux de mémoire (Chicago UP, 2008). 

Dr. Levy is currently a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University and last summer her article entitled “Sweden in the Summer: Directing an Honors Study Abroad Program” was published in Honors in Practice.  In July 2009 an essay , “«J’ai été très amusé(e)» : Renée Vivien et l’(auto)mythologisation à travers une lettre inédite.” will appear in the book Renée Vivien à rebours, to be published in France.

Prof. Levy’s hobbies include spending time with her family, playing with the dog, doing The New York Times crossword puzzle, traveling to France, and watching movies.  She is married to the novelist Whitney Terrell and they have one son, Morrison.  When not teaching, she spends her free time at the playground.