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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300041703321

Autore

Newton K. M

Titolo

George Eliot for the Twenty-First Century : Literature, Philosophy, Politics / / by K. M. Newton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-91926-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 232 p.)

Disciplina

809.034

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 19th century

Fiction

Literature - History and criticism

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Fiction Literature

Literary History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: A Brief Reflection on George Eliot, Past, Present and Future -- 2. The 'Radical' Mindset George Eliot -- 3. Critical Encounters: Hardy, Bonaparte, Miller -- 4. Eliot and the Reinterpretation of the Ethical -- 5. Eliot and the Psychological Novel -- 6.The Mill on the Floss and the Revision of Tragedy -- 7. Daniel Deronda and the Novel of the Future -- 8. Eliot and the Politics of Modernism.

Sommario/riassunto

George Eliot for the Twenty-First Century reexamines Eliot two hundred years after her birth and offers an innovative critical reading that seeks to change perceptions of Eliot. Tracing Eliot’s literary reception from the nineteenth century to the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, K. M. Newton frames Eliot as an unorthodox radical and considers the philosophical, ethical, political, and artistic subtleties permeating her writings. Drawing from close readings of her novels, essays, and letters, Newton offers a new critical perspective on George Eliot and reveals her enduring relevance in the twenty-first century.