02630nam 2200637Ia 450 991078471920332120200520144314.00-19-772427-20-19-535874-01-280-52718-81-4294-0584-8(CKB)1000000000405966(EBL)271541(OCoLC)476007543(SSID)ssj0000162134(PQKBManifestationID)11155186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162134(PQKBWorkID)10201000(PQKB)11327358(Au-PeEL)EBL271541(CaPaEBR)ebr10278120(CaONFJC)MIL52718(OCoLC)466425188(PPN)235833193(MiAaPQ)EBC271541(EXLCZ)99100000000040596619930416d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGeorge Eliot and the politics of national inheritance[electronic resource] /Bernard SemmelNew York Oxford University Press19941 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508567-1 0-19-508657-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-161) and index.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; ZThe 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.Politics and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centuryPolitical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismNational characteristics, English, in literaturePolitics and literatureHistoryPolitical fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.National characteristics, English, in literature.823/.8Semmel Bernard50503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784719203321George Eliot and the politics of national inheritance973766UNINA