The Quest for Anonymity: The Novels of George EliotIn a new treatment of Eliot's booklength fiction, Alley argues that from the very moment she adopted a male pseudonym through to the major epic and tragic novels of her later life, the transcendence of fame was her major consideration. Focusing on one novel in each chapter, the study shows how the plights of Eliot's heroines and heroes do not end in frustration but in an affirmation of anonymous achievement, "the growing good of the world." For Eliot, heroism emerges through disclosure, rather than grandly executed action, and since the revelation requires discerning effort on the part of those watching, both observer and observed are celebrated. |
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... offers " the painful thrill of life recovering warmth to the poor benumbed heart of the stricken man ” ( ch . 9 , 109 ) . As reader and healer , Mr. Cleves saves us and Amos Barton from the frustrations of an ironic plot . Linking both ...
... offers " the painful thrill of life recovering warmth to the poor benumbed heart of the stricken man ” ( ch . 9 , 109 ) . As reader and healer , Mr. Cleves saves us and Amos Barton from the frustrations of an ironic plot . Linking both ...
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... offer the same challenges to the reader's complex powers of " visualization " and anagnorisis , as translated to fiction ... offers little or no " recognition " value ; the esthetic impression promises to be flat . Therefore , while the ...
... offer the same challenges to the reader's complex powers of " visualization " and anagnorisis , as translated to fiction ... offers little or no " recognition " value ; the esthetic impression promises to be flat . Therefore , while the ...
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... offer nothing but psychic death and , ironically , a threat to being remembered : " But he had come at last to create a ... offers relief from the darker story of Casaubon , also partici- pates in a polite scholarship befitting his class ...
... offer nothing but psychic death and , ironically , a threat to being remembered : " But he had come at last to create a ... offers relief from the darker story of Casaubon , also partici- pates in a polite scholarship befitting his class ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Scenes of Clerical Life and the Art of Indirect | 27 |
Heroic Perception in Adam Bede | 40 |
Copyright | |
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