Williams College Classics Department: David Porter

David Porter

Harry C. Payne Visiting Professor
of Liberal Arts

Classics Department
Mather House, Rm 207
122 Stetson Court
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-4639 (office)
(413) 597-4305 (fax)

dporter@williams.edu

Teaching

At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research.

Courses Recently Taught

Greek and Latin

Introduction to Greek
Intermediate Greek: The Sophists
Advanced Greek: Homer, The Iliad
Advanced Greek: Homer, The Odyssey
Advanced Greek: The Sophists and Aristophanes
Advanced Latin: Horace

Courses in Translation

Greek and Roman Drama
(cross-listed with Theatre and Comparative Literature)
Winter Study: Renewal and Transformation
Winter Study: Willa Cather: Art and Ambition

Research

Areas of Interest

Greek epic and tragedy
Horace
Twentieth-Century literature, esp. Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf
Twentieth-Century music, esp. Eric Satie and Charles Ives

Selected Scholarship

Books and Monographs

Horace's Poetic Journey. A Reading of Odes 1-3.
Princeton University Press, 1987.
Only Connect. Three Studies in Greek Tragedy.
University Press of America, 1987.
The Not Quite Innocent Bystander. Writings of Edward Steuermann.
Co-edited with Gunther Schuller and Clara L. Steuermann. University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
Virginia Woolf and Logan Pearsall Smith. Cecil Woolf, London, 2002.
Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press. Cecil Woolf, London, 2004.
On the Divide: the Many Lives of Willa Cather (forthcoming, University of Nebraska Press, 2008)

Articles
Professor Porter has published articles on topics in classics (Horace, Homer, Greek tragedy), music (Beethoven, Ives, Satie), and modern literature (Cather, Woolf, Wharton). Among recent publications in classics is "Aeschylus' Eumenides: Some Contrapuntal Lines," American Journal of Philology 126 (2005) 301-331.
Work in progress includes a forthcoming review article in the American Journal of Philology and a book on Willa Cather's long friendship with the expatriate American painters, Earl and Achsah Brewster.

Education

Ph.D. (1962) Princeton University
B.A. (1958) Swarthmore College
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, 1955-58, piano study with Edward Steuermann, 1955-62, harpsichord study with Gustav Leonhardt, 1969-70, 1977


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		David Porter Harry C. Payne Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts Classics Department Mather House, Rm 207 122 Stetson Court Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 597-4639 (office) (413) 597-4305 (fax) dporter@williams.edu Teaching At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research. Courses Recently Taught Greek and Latin Introduction to Greek Intermediate Greek: The Sophists Advanced Greek: Homer, The Iliad Advanced Greek: Homer, The Odyssey Advanced Greek: The Sophists and Aristophanes Advanced Latin: Horace Courses in Translation Greek and Roman Drama (cross-listed with Theatre and Comparative Literature) Winter Study: Renewal and Transformation Winter Study: Willa Cather: Art and Ambition Research Areas of Interest Greek epic and tragedy Horace Twentieth-Century literature, esp. Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf Twentieth-Century music, esp. Eric Satie and Charles Ives Selected Scholarship Books and Monographs Horace's Poetic Journey. A Reading of Odes 1-3. Princeton University Press, 1987. Only Connect. Three Studies in Greek Tragedy. University Press of America, 1987. The Not Quite Innocent Bystander. Writings of Edward Steuermann. Co-edited with Gunther Schuller and Clara L. Steuermann. University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Virginia Woolf and Logan Pearsall Smith. Cecil Woolf, London, 2002. Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press. Cecil Woolf, London, 2004. On the Divide: the Many Lives of Willa Cather (forthcoming, University of Nebraska Press, 2008) Articles Professor Porter has published articles on topics in classics (Horace, Homer, Greek tragedy), music (Beethoven, Ives, Satie), and modern literature (Cather, Woolf, Wharton). Among recent publications in classics is "Aeschylus' Eumenides: Some Contrapuntal Lines," American Journal of Philology 126 (2005) 301-331. Work in progress includes a forthcoming review article in the American Journal of Philology and a book on Willa Cather's long friendship with the expatriate American painters, Earl and Achsah Brewster. Education Ph.D. (1962) Princeton University B.A. (1958) Swarthmore College Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, 1955-58, piano study with Edward Steuermann, 1955-62, harpsichord study with Gustav Leonhardt, 1969-70, 1977