George Eliot and the Conflict of Interpretations - Carroll, David; David, Carroll
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Two versions of George Eliot, both influential, have emerged from the study of her life and work. One is the radical Victorian thinker, formidably learned in a whole range of intellectual disciplines; the other is the reclusive novelist, celebrating through her fiction the communal values which were being eroded in the modern world. This chronological study of the novels brings the two together and places her within the crisis of belief and value acted out in the mid-nineteenth century. George Eliot saw this crisis as one of interpretation, in a vivid, almost apocalyptic awareness that…mehr

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Two versions of George Eliot, both influential, have emerged from the study of her life and work. One is the radical Victorian thinker, formidably learned in a whole range of intellectual disciplines; the other is the reclusive novelist, celebrating through her fiction the communal values which were being eroded in the modern world. This chronological study of the novels brings the two together and places her within the crisis of belief and value acted out in the mid-nineteenth century. George Eliot saw this crisis as one of interpretation, in a vivid, almost apocalyptic awareness that traditional modes of interpreting the world were breaking down irrevocably. This study shows how, in response, she redefined the nature of Victorian fiction, testing to the point of destruction a variety of Victorian myths, orthodoxies and ideologies in each of her novels.

Table of contents:
Preface; Introduction: a working hypothesis; 1. Scenes of Clerical Life: familiar types and symbols; 2. Adam Bede: pastoral Theodicies; 3. The Mill on the Floss: growing up in St Off's; 4. Silas Marner: rustic hermeneutics; 5. Romola: duplicity, doubleness, and sacred rebellion; 6. Felix Holt: commentaries on the Apocalypse; 7. Middlemarch: empiricist fables; 8. Daniel Deronda: coercive types; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Two versions of George Eliot, radical thinker and reclusive novelist, are brought together in this chronological study of her work. As a result, she is placed within the crisis of belief acted out in the mid-nineteenth century.

Two versions of George Eliot, radical thinker and reclusive novelist, are brought together in this chronological study of her work. As a result, she is placed within the crisis of belief acted out in the mid-nineteenth century.
Autorenporträt
Writing a children's book has always been a dream for David Carroll. With this book, he hopes to inspire children to face their fears in safe ways. David thoroughly enjoyed creating and writing the story of Little Ant and bringing him to life. David is a school teacher based in South Wales who enjoys working with children and helping them explore their imaginations.