Title George Eliot, European novelist / John Rignall

Published Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages) Series The Nineteenth Century Series Nineteenth Century Series Contents Introduction -- The importance of Europe -- "Electric" France and "old" Germany -- The idea of travel -- European landscapes and the violence of history -- Balzac and "the delineation of quiet provincial life" -- Middlemarch, Madame Bovary, and the dangers of diffusion -- Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane and the elegiac strain -- European culture and the Jewish diaspora in Daniel Deronda -- Daniel Deronda and the French novel -- Nietzsche and anticipations of modernism Summary Reading George Eliot as a European novelist among other European novelists, John Rignall explores her use of European travel, scenes and locations in her fiction and also places her novels in conversation with the work of other major European writers. Throughout Rignall shows Eliot's engagement with the cultures of France and Germany, suggestively making the case that Eliot's novels belong to the tradition of the European novel that descends from Cervantes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Europe Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Literature Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Travel Eliot, George, 1819-1880. SUBJECT Eliot, George, 1819-1880 fast Subject English literature -- European influences. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature -- European influences Literature Travel SUBJECT Europe -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045784 Subject Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9781409422358 1409422356

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