Biography
Pasquale S. Toscano is a senior at Washington and Lee University, where he is majoring in English and Classics. He plans to embark on a career as a scholar of literature, with a particular interest in literary reception. Pasquale was partially paralyzed in an accident several years ago, and developed a strong interest in studying disability in literature while he worked to rebuild his capacity to walk. His research has ranged across millennia and considered, among others, the works of Virgil, John Milton, Phillis Wheatley and Marilynne Robinson.