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George Eliot and the politics of national inheritance / Bernard Semmel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Semmel, Bernard, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Political and social views.
- Eliot, George.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Political fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Political fiction, English.
- National characteristics, English, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The study examines Eliot's use of the theme of inheritance as a metaphor for politics - linking generations in the kindred family and providing bonds of sympathy for the wider family of the nation. It describes the stress of Eliot's novels on the political traditions and culture of the nation.
- Contents:
- Contents; Prologue; 1. The Myth of the Disinherited One; 2. Free Will and the Politics of Inheritance; 3. The Positivist Novel; 4. Positivism and the Politics of Compromise in Middlemarch; 5. The Disinherited Races; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-161) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772427-2
- 0-19-535874-0
- 1-280-52718-8
- 1-4294-0584-8
- OCLC:
- 476007543
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