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Natania Rosenfeld

Professor Emerita of English

Natania Rosenfeld

General Information

Natania Rosenfeld taught English literature at Knox from 1998 until her retirement in 2018. She published a critical book, Outsiders Together: Virginia and Leonard Woolf (Princeton University Press, 2000), a book of poetry, Wild Domestic (Sheep Meadow Press, 2015), and a chapbook of essays, She and I (Essay Press, 2018). Her essays, poems and fiction have appeared in journals including AGNI, Yale Review, APR, Raritan, Gettysburg Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner and Southwest Review. She now teaches literature courses for adults through the Newberry Library and the Graham School at the University of Chicago.

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Years at Knox: 1998 to 2018

Education

Ph.D., English, 1992, Princeton University.
B.A., English, 1985, Bryn Mawr College.

Teaching Interests

English literature, modern British literature, Irish literature, American literature, Jewish literature, creative non-fiction, literature of the Holocaust, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce.

What Students Say

  • Natania encourages everyone to participate in class and guides discussions with challenging follow-up questions. Like all good professors, she sees teaching as an opportunity for her to learn as well as her students. She's the kind of person who prefers to give you feedback over coffee so that she can get to know you as well. Natania is a proficient writer, juggling poetry, personal essays, academic articles and fiction with enviable ease. She has a true passion for literature and is a fantastic role model for any prospective writer or teacher.

    Laura Zuber

    English & Spanish Double Major