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Alison Hickey is an Associate Professor in the Department of English & Creative Writing at Wellesley College. Her academic work bridges English Romanticism and contemporary poetry, with a focus on literary collaboration and sibling relationships in Romantic-period texts.
- B.A., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges
- M.A., Yale University
- M.Phil, Yale University
- Ph.D., Yale University
Her research explores Romantic poetry, 17th-century literature (Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, Marvell), and comparative literary traditions. Courses she teaches include Romantic and Victorian Poetry, Sibling Relationships in Romantic Literature, and Ecopoetics.
Notable scholarly contributions include publications in Studies in Romanticism, ELH, and The Cambridge History of English Poetry, alongside her monograph Impure Conceits on Wordsworth.
- Bunting Institute Fellowship
- NEH Funding
Professor Hickey also examines how sibling dynamics, gender, and metaphorical brotherhood intersect in Romantic literature, with thematic connections to marriage, identity, and social reform.
