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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKee, Patricia, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Golden bowl.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761
Golden bowl (James, Henry)
Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism.
Commitment (Psychology) in literature.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Social values in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Engagement dans la littérature.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale) dans la littérature.
Valeurs sociales dans la littérature.
Héros dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature
Commitment (Psychology) in literature
Heroes in literature
Psychological fiction, English
Social values in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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