Levitt

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Levitt

Dr. Morton P. Levitt, Professor Emeritus of English at Temple University passed away on Saturday, September 10 at his home in Center City.   Dr. Levitt, who was born in Brooklyn in 1936, was the author of several literary books including Bloomsday: An Introduction to James Joyce’s Ulysses; The Modernist Masters; Modernist Survivors; The Cretan Glance: The World and Art of Nikos Kazantzakis; and The Rhetoric of Modernist Fiction.  For nineteen years, he edited the Journal of Modern Literature, the leading academic journal in its field. He also taught at Penn State and at Zagreb University in Yugoslavia, the University of Granada in Spain and the University of Lisbon. He lectured widely in Europe for both the U.S. Information Service and the Fulbright program.

Dr. Levitt grew up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan and attended many games in the famous Ebbets Field stadium, often accompanied by his older brother.   On many Saturday mornings, his mother would take him to the Paramount Theater on Broadway in Manhattan to see the series of live acts performed there, followed by newsreels and a film.   Dr. Levitt attended Dickinson College, where he earned his B.A., and subsequently was awarded his Ph.D. in English from Penn State University.

Dr. Levitt was a lifelong athlete, playing handball in Brooklyn, running track for Hempstead High School and then playing tennis throughout Philadelphia until his early 80s.   He and his wife Annette, a professor of English at Drexel University, spent many years living in West Mt. Airy before moving into Center City in 1976, when they purchased and renovated a brownstone in the Rittenhouse Square Area.  Graveside services were held at Mt. Sharon cemetery on September 13, 2022.

Dr. Levitt is survived by his wife of 59 years Dr. Annette Shandler Levitt, and many adoring nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews.   Donations in his memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley

Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chpater,

Temple UniversityJournal of Modern LiteraturePenn State Nittany LionsDickinson CollegeUniversity of Granada, Granada, SpainFulbright Scholarships.

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