Heroic Commitment in Richardson, Eliot, and James / / Patricia McKee.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
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| Other title: | 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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| Summary: | 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 than contributing to social stability.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781400854158 9783110413441 9783110413533 9783110442496 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781400854158 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Patricia McKee. |