Megan Crognale, Ph.D 2020
Megan obtained a BA in Music Performance and an MA in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University. Her dissertation is on the phenomenon of nostalgia in Italian Literature in the first half of the 20th century. Her other interests include memory, corporality, alienation and the relationship between literary and philosophical writing.
Dissertation: “The Trouble with Return: Nostalgia in Modern Italian Literature”