Peter Levi

Peter Chad Tigar Levi (16 May 1931 – 1 February 2000) was Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Born Jewish, he became a Jesuit priest but later renounced his vows to marry. He was also an archaeologist, travel writer, biographer, scholar and prolific reviewer and critic. Sourced Uccello cello celloI love myself. "Monologue spoken by the pet canary of Pope Pius XII" The desert is not an island: the island is not enchanted: and the desert is no habitation for men. "To speak about the soul" What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in cafés and in the country. (Peter Levi. The Hill of Kronos. 1980.) External links Category:2000 deaths Category:Archaeologists from England Category:Poets from England Category:Jews from the United Kingdom Category:University of Oxford faculty