Heroic Commitment in Richardson, Eliot, and James /

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Patricia McKee demonstrates that Richardson, Eliot, and James see disorderliness and indeterminacy in the human self, human relations, and literature as primary sources of meaningfulness. The relationships these novels portray as most satisfying are unsettled and unsettling, interfering with rather...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McKee, Patricia, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880.
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Golden bowl.
Golden bowl (James, Henry)
Social values in literature.
Psychological fiction, English.
Heroes in literature.
Commitment (Psychology) in literature.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Heros dans la litterature.
Valeurs sociales dans la litterature.
Alienation (Psychologie sociale) dans la litterature.
Engagement dans la litterature.
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. An Introduction of Critical Issues
  • Chapter Two. Corresponding Freedoms: Language and the Self in Pamela
  • Chapter Three. Richardson's Clarissa: Authority in Excess
  • Chapter Four. Power as Partiality in Middlemarch
  • Chapter Five. George Eliot's Redemption of Meaning: Daniel Deronda
  • Chapter Six. The Gift of Acceptance: The Golden Bowl
  • Afterword
  • Index.

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