| Description |
viii, 230 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-225) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Eliot's critique of Darwinism -- 2. Eliot and the Byronic -- 3. Eliot and moral philosophy: Kant and The mill on the Floss -- 4. The role of the narrator in Eliot's fiction, especially Middlemarch -- 5. Prototypes and symbolism in Middlemarch -- 6. Anticipations of modernism in Eliot's fiction -- 7. Realism and romance: allusion and intertextuality in Daniel Deronda -- 8. Circumcision, realism and irony in Daniel Deronda -- 9. Formal experiment and ideological critique: Silas Marner and 'Victorian values' -- 10. The post-colonial critique of Eliot: is Edward Said right about Daniel Deronda? -- 11. Eliot and racism: how should one read 'The modern hep! hep! hep!'? -- 12. Eliot and Derrida: an elective affinity? -- 13. The role of luck in the arts, ethics and politics of Daniel Deronda |
| Subject |
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| ISBN |
9781849664943 hardback |
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1849664943 hardback |
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9781849664981 e-book |
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