George Eliot, European novelist / by John Rignall
| Author(s): | Rignall, John, 1942- |
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| Subjects: | English literature--European influences Europe--In literature Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Knowledge--Europe Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Knowledge--Literature Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Travel Eliot, George, 1819-1880 |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011 |
| Series: | The nineteenth century series Nineteenth century series |
| LC Classification: | P, PR |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2011001764 ISBN: 9781409422341 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN: 1409422348 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN: 9781409422358 (ebook) ISBN: 1409422356 (ebook) Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index Contents: Introduction -- The importance of Europe -- "Electric" France and "old" Germany -- The idea of travel -- European landscapes and the violence of history -- Balzac and "the delineation of quiet provincial life" -- Middlemarch, Madame Bovary, and the dangers of diffusion -- Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane and the elegiac strain -- European culture and the Jewish diaspora in Daniel Deronda -- Daniel Deronda and the French novel -- Nietzsche and anticipations of modernism |
| Physical Description: | 184 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 698626354 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9781409422341 1409422348 9781409422358 1409422356 |