Lyell Asher
Associate Professor of English
Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30-1 and by appointment.
Lyell Asher joined the department in 1994 and received his PhD from the University of Virginia in 1990. Here at Lewis & Clark, he offers courses in Shakespeare’s Early Works, Later Works; Ideas of the Renaissance and Modernity; Renaissance Literature; The Art of the Novel; Major Periods and Issues; Montaigne and the Life of the Essay; The Novel and Moral Reflection.
His critical essays and opinion pieces have appeared in Christianity and Literature, The Yale Journal of Criticism, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), Publication of the Modern Language Association (PMLA), Clio, English Literary History (ELH), Hamlet Studies, The Wall Street Journal, The American Scholar, Quillette, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Canada’s National Post. His podcast appearances include the American Party podcast and NPR’s “Watching America,” among others.
Specialty
Renaissance English Literature, ShakespeareAcademic Credentials
PhD 1990, MA 1984 University of Virginia
BA 1980 Vanderbilt University
Teaching
Fall 2024
ENG 105-01: The Art of the Novel
ENG 332-01 Shakespeare - Later Works
Location: Miller Hall
English is located in Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 58
email english@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7405
fax 503-768-7418
Chair Kristin Fujie
Administrative Coordinator Amy Baskin
English
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