George Eliot for the Twenty-First Century

Literature, Philosophy, Politics
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-91925-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3168 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newton, K. M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

K. M. Newton is Professor Emeritus at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is the author of Modernizing George Eliot (2011), Modern Literature and the Tragic (2008), and coauthor of George Eliot, Judaism and the Novels: Jewish Myth and Mysticism (Palgrave, 2002) and numerous other books.