02778nam 22005055 450 991027235460332120230814215430.00-8014-2628-61-5017-2279-410.7591/9781501722790(CKB)4340000000258190(MiAaPQ)EBC5317496(DE-B1597)496633(OCoLC)1028520982(DE-B1597)9781501722790(EXLCZ)99434000000025819020180924d2018 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierGreatness Engendered George Eliot and Virginia Woolf /Alison BoothIthaca, NY :Cornell University Press,[2018]©19921 online resource (313 pages)Reading Women Writing0-8014-9930-5 1-5017-2777-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Frequently Cited Works --Introduction: The Great Woman Writer, the Canon, and Feminist Tradition --1 . Something to Do: The Ideology o f Influence and the Context of Contemporary Feminism --2. The Burden of Personality: Biographical Criticism and Narrative Strategy --3. Eliot and Woolf as Historians of the Common Life --4. Miracles in Fetters: Heroism and the Selfless Ideal --5. Trespassing in Cultural History: The Heroines of Romola and Orlando --6. "God was cruel when he made women" : Felix Holt and The Years --7. "The Ancient Consciousness of Woman": A Feminist Archaeology of Daniel Deronda and Between the Acts --Works Cited --IndexThe egotism that fuels the desire for greatness has been associated exclusively with men, according to one feminist view; yet many women cannot suppress the need to strive for greatness. In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness. Examining the achievements of Eliot and Woolf in their social contexts, she provides a challenging model of feminist historical criticism.Reading women writing.English fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen and literatureGreat BritainEnglish fictionWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women and literature823/.8099287Booth Alison141191DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910272354603321Greatness Engendered2426804UNINA