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Sub-discipline. American literature. American poetry. Institutions. Harvard University. University of Pennsylvania. Elisa New (born 1958) is an American academic who is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University .
Elisa New is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University where she teaches classic American literature from Anne Bradstreet through Marilynne Robinson and from the Puritans to the present day. She is the author of New England Beyond Criticism: In Defense of America’s First Literature (Wiley Blackwell, 2014) The ...
Creator, Host. Elisa New is the Director and Host of Poetry in America, director of the Center for Public Humanities at Arizona State University, director of Verse Video Education, and Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University.
Poetry in America, created and directed by Harvard professor Elisa New, is a public television series and multi-platform educational initiative that brings poetry into classrooms and living rooms around the world.
Poetry in America is a TV series and educational initiative that brings poetry into classrooms and living rooms around the world. Created by Elisa New, Poetry in America draws students of all ages into conversations about poetry.
HOME / PEOPLE / Elisa New. Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Emerita. Education: B.A., Brandeis University (1980) M.A., Columbia University (1982) Ph.D., Columbia University (1988) Interests: American poetry; American Literature-1900; Religion and Literature; Jewish Literature. Selected Works:
Recorded May 8th, 2018. Read the full transcript. TYLER COWEN: I am here today with Elisa New, up in Brookline. She is a professor of poetry at Harvard University and now producer, director, host, and star of the new PBS series Poetry in America. Elisa, very nice to be with you.
