Modernizing George Eliot the writer as artist, intellectual, proto-modernist, cultural critic / K. M. Newton.
| Author/creator | Newton, K. M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, |
| Description | viii, 230 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-225) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012493145 |
| ISBN | 9781849664943 |
| ISBN | 1849664943 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |