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Home > Our Faculty > Faculty Profiles > Henry AlleyHenry Alley
CURRENT RESEARCHWhat the critics have said about Professor Alley's latest book, The Quest for Anonymity: The Novels of George Eliot:"[Alley] is innovative in his unprecedented, deliberate focus; he casts an eye over Eliot's entire career and uses an eclectic methodology (an up-to-date critical bibliography does not neglect older studies) in the overall name of 'comparative literature.' . . . He brings forward contexts from Sophoclean tragedy and Aristotle with considerable regard; in his best chapter, on Middlemarch, he brilliantly compares Dorothea to Goethe's Iphigenia." -Choice Alley's anonymity theme is given new depth and dynamism by his illuminating explanation of how Eliot's characters succeed in becoming anonymous heroes. . . . Alley carefully, and convincingly, argues for what he sees as Eliot's advocacy of 'androgynous balance' . . . in the hearts and souls of her characters." -Studies in the Novel "[A] detailed examination of heroism's connection to literary allusion. . . . I like Alley's revival of an ethical approach to Eliot's work, and I admire his efforts to take her stated aims seriously. These are moves not often seen in recent criticism." -Victorian Studies PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHYProfessor Alley is a scholar of George Eliot and Contemporary American Fiction, and is a writer of novels and stories. His book, The Quest for Anonymity: The Novels of George Eliot (University of Delaware Press, 1997), a study of the major heroic themes in the nineteenth century author, has received favorable critical reaction from scholars in the field. In recognition of his book, Professor Alley was invited to present the George Eliot Memorial Lecture in Coventry, England, in 1998. Among the many works of fiction he has published are three novels, Through Glass (1971), The Lattice (1986), and Umbrella of Glass (1988) (reviews and ordering information), and he has three books in progress or circulation.His background also includes over twenty-five stories published over the past thirty years, in such journals as Seattle Review, Cimarron Review, Oxford Magazine, Webster Review, Outerbridge, and Virginia Quarterly Review. He also has a short story which will be reprinted in the forthcoming in The Best of Outerbridge anthology. Alley is well known for outstanding teaching and is a winner of the University of Oregon Burlington-Northern Teaching Award for Senior Faculty. He has introduced important new courses into the curriculum, including "Stories By and About Women," "The Literature of Androgyny," and "Literature By and About Gay Men." He has served on a host of University and College Committees, including the University Senate and the Undergraduate Council, which oversees the development of the undergraduate curriculum at the University. He also serves as the main advisor for the Honors College student literary magazine. |
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