Title George Eliot and the politics of national inheritance / Bernard Semmel

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (168 pages) Contents 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 Summary In this stimulating history of the ideas behind George Eliot's novels, Bernard Semmel explores George Eliot's use of the plot of inheritance in her novels. Through detailed analyses of Eliot's novels and a study of the intellectual currents of the time, Semmel demonstrates that her feelings toward inheritance provided the central ideas in her novels. Semmel argues that Eliot wrote of inheritance both in the common meaning of the term, as in the transfer of goods and property from parents to children, and in the more metaphoric sense of the inheritance of both the benefits and burdens of the historical past, particularly those of the nation's culture and traditions. He believes Eliot's novels centered so strongly around the idea of inheritance because she viewed herself as intellectually "disinherited": she was writing at a time when society was transforming itself from a traditional to a modern one, and she was estranged from her father and brother.; In this in-depth study, Semmel dissects the politics of many of Eliot's novels, including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner, and convincingly demonstrates Eliot's variations on the plot of inheritance and her acceptance of the reform processes in Britain's political life. All those interested in Victorian literature, history, and political thought will appreciate Semmel's George Eliot and the Politics of National Inheritance Analysis English fiction Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-161) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Eliot, George, 1819-1880 fast Eliot, George 1819-1880 gnd Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Political and social views. nli Eliot, George. swd Subject Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Political fiction, English -- History and criticism National characteristics, English, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. National characteristics, English, in literature Political and social views Political fiction, English Politics and literature Kulturerbe Motiv Kulturerbe Nationalbewusstsein Motiv Politisches Denken Conservatisme. Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- 19th century. Political fiction, English -- History and criticism. National characteristics, English, in literature. Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 93013641 ISBN 1429405848 9781429405843 1280527188 9781280527180 9786610527182 6610527180

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