Transformation of Rage Mourning and Creativity in George Eliot's Fiction

George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliot's fiction and to find its source in the author's unco...

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Main Author: Johnstone, Peggy Fitzhugh, author (author)
Other Authors: Berman, Jeffrey, contributor (contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : New York University Press [1994]
Series:Literature and psychoanalysis ; 7.
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Summary:George Eliot has been widely praised both for the richness of her prose and the universality of her themes. In this compelling study, Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone goes beyond these traditional foci to examine the role of aggression in Eliot's fiction and to find its source in the author's unconscious sense of loss stemming from traumatic family separations and deaths during her childhood and adolescence. Johnstone demonstrates that Eliot's creative work was a constructive response to her sense of loss and that the repeating patterns in her novels reflect the process of release from her state of mourning for lost loved ones.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (226 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.
ISBN:9780814743973