LEADER 02630nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910784719203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-772427-2 010 $a0-19-535874-0 010 $a1-280-52718-8 010 $a1-4294-0584-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000405966 035 $a(EBL)271541 035 $a(OCoLC)476007543 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000162134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201000 035 $a(PQKB)11327358 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278120 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52718 035 $a(OCoLC)466425188 035 $a(PPN)235833193 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271541 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000405966 100 $a19930416d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGeorge Eliot and the politics of national inheritance$b[electronic resource] /$fBernard Semmel 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-508567-1 311 $a0-19-508657-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-161) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Z 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPolitics and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNational characteristics, English, in literature 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, English, in literature. 676 $a823/.8 700 $aSemmel$b Bernard$050503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784719203321 996 $aGeorge Eliot and the politics of national inheritance$9973766 997 $aUNINA