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Article: George Eliot and Schiller: Narrative, ambivalence in Middlemarch and Felix Holt.
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- The Modern Language Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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Much has been written about the various literary and philosophical currents that contributed to the making of George Eliot's work. In a woman as intensely intellectual as she was this can be fascinating work, especially as she was widely read in English, French, and German ideas, and within each one in a variety of fields, from literature and philosophy to phrenology, social thought, Biblical criticism, and scientific ideas, to name but the most prominent. Most significant, however, is to look at how Eliot integrated the work of these authors, often challenging, recontextualizing, or adapting those she admired in order to suit her own unique perspective and fictional ...