Background
Hornback, Bert Gerald was born on December 22, 1935 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of Vernon Theodore and Mary Elizabeth (Borrone) Hornback.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
book
The Hero of My Life: Essays on Dickens
(Book by Hornback, Bert G.)
Book by Hornback, Bert G.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082140587X/?tag=2022091-20
- Middlemarch: A Novel of Reform (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) (Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch...)
Bert Gerald Hornback
Edit Profilewriter English language educator
Education
Bachelor of Arts Notre Dame, Indiana, 1957. AM, University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1961. Attended, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Notre Dame, Indiana, 1964.
Career
Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps., 1957-1960; instructor in English, U. Notre Dame, 1963-1964; instructor in English, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1964-1965; assistant Professor of English, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965-1970; associate Professor of English, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970-1974; Professor of English, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974-1992; visiting Professor of English, University College, Dublin, 1990-1991; professor humanities, Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky, since 1992. Director Center for the Advancement of Peripheral Thought, Ann Arbor, since 1982. Director Honors Program Bellarmine College, Louisville, since 1993.
Achievements
Works
book
-
Middlemarch: A Novel of Reform (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)
(Vast and crowded, rich in irony and suspense, Middlemarch...)
-
The Hero of My Life: Essays on Dickens
(Book by Hornback, Bert G.)
-
Middlemarch: A Novel of Reform (Twayne's Masterwork Studies)
Membership
Chairman Teach-In Against The War in Iraq, Ann Arbor, 1990, Lectures Against The War in Vietnam, Ann Arbor, 1967-1970. Member Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, London, since 1961. Member English-Speaking Union (vice president Kentucky branch since 1994, scholarship coordinator since 1994), Center for the Advancement of Peripheral Thought (founder, director since 1982), Dickens Society of America (director, vice president, president since 1970), Dickens Fellowship (secretary Ann Arbor branch 1979-1986), Society Bremen Scholars.
Interests
Connections
-
Born
-
Nationality
American -
Religion
Neopolitan Catholic Church -
Political Party
Member
Education
-
1957
-
1961
-
1962
-
1964