Quenby Hersh

PhD Candidate
quenby.hersh@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • Language and Literature / History of the English Language
  • Literary and Critical Theory
  • Poetry and Poetics
  • Romantic and Victorian Literature
  • Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature

Areas of Interest

  • The Essay
  • Nonfiction Prose

Biography

Hello; my name is Quenby (she/her), and I am a third-year PhD student in the Department of English.

My dissertation focuses on the nonfiction works of Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde, Vernon Lee, and Virginia Woolf. I write about the essay form, literary apprenticeship, movement, and the mind, so my project engages with periodical studies, philosophy, and rhetoric. My former career as a classical ballet dancer deeply informs my thinking.

I enjoy teaching and am interested in sharing conversations about literature. If I’m your TA (or have been in the past), please email me for a meeting. I’d be happy to talk with you.

Education

  • BA, English, Columbia University
  • MA, English, University of Virginia

Cohort

  • 2023-2024