LEADER 02778nam 22005055 450 001 9910272354603321 005 20230814215430.0 010 $a0-8014-2628-6 010 $a1-5017-2279-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501722790 035 $a(CKB)4340000000258190 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5317496 035 $a(DE-B1597)496633 035 $a(OCoLC)1028520982 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501722790 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000258190 100 $a20180924d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGreatness Engendered $eGeorge Eliot and Virginia Woolf /$fAlison Booth 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ1992 215 $a1 online resource (313 pages) 225 1 $aReading Women Writing 311 $a0-8014-9930-5 311 $a1-5017-2777-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tFrequently Cited Works --$tIntroduction: The Great Woman Writer, the Canon, and Feminist Tradition --$t1 . Something to Do: The Ideology o f Influence and the Context of Contemporary Feminism --$t2. The Burden of Personality: Biographical Criticism and Narrative Strategy --$t3. Eliot and Woolf as Historians of the Common Life --$t4. Miracles in Fetters: Heroism and the Selfless Ideal --$t5. Trespassing in Cultural History: The Heroines of Romola and Orlando --$t6. "God was cruel when he made women" : Felix Holt and The Years --$t7. "The Ancient Consciousness of Woman": A Feminist Archaeology of Daniel Deronda and Between the Acts --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $aThe egotism that fuels the desire for greatness has been associated exclusively with men, according to one feminist view; yet many women cannot suppress the need to strive for greatness. In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness. Examining the achievements of Eliot and Woolf in their social contexts, she provides a challenging model of feminist historical criticism. 410 0$aReading women writing. 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature 676 $a823/.8099287 700 $aBooth$b Alison$0141191 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910272354603321 996 $aGreatness Engendered$92426804 997 $aUNINA