| Description |
xi, 296 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-291) and index. |
| Contents |
The "evangelical": starting out in a Christian culture -- The apostate: moving beyond the Christian mythos -- The journalist: editing, reviewing, shaping a worldview -- The Germanist: balancing the counterweight of German thinkers -- The novelist: mixing realism, naturalism and mythmaking -- The historian: tracking ideals-utopian and national-in Romola and The Spanish gypsy -- The "radical": taking an anti-political stance in Felix Holt -- The encyclopedist: transcending the past in Middlemarch -- The visionary: transmitting ideals in Daniel Deronda -- The intellectual: cultural critique in Impressions of theophrastus Such. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Religion.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Philosophy.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Political and social views.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Literature.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- History.
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Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780521117364 |
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