In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and...
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In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and allusion seriously, and this book is an attempt to do just that
Introduction / Adam Roberts -- 1. Eliot's Double Mirror / Adam Roberts -- 2. Sappho's Apple / Adam Roberts -- 3. Lydgate Winces: Character and Realism / Adam Roberts -- 4. Hypocrisy and the Judgment of Men / Adam Roberts -- 5. Ladislaw / Adam Roberts -- 6. Myth, Middlemarch and the Mill: Out in Mid-Sea / Adam Roberts -- 7. Epigraphy: Beginnings and Ends / Adam Roberts -- Postscript: The Flute inside the Bell / Adam Roberts -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index
In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and...
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Hochschule der Polizei des Landes Brandenburg, Hochschulbibliothek
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In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and allusion seriously, and this book is an attempt to do just that.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143) and index.
Introduction / Adam Roberts -- 1. Eliot's Double Mirror / Adam Roberts -- 2. Sappho's Apple / Adam Roberts -- 3. Lydgate Winces: Character and Realism / Adam Roberts -- 4. Hypocrisy and the Judgment of Men / Adam Roberts -- 5. Ladislaw / Adam Roberts -- 6. Myth, Middlemarch and the Mill: Out in Mid-Sea / Adam Roberts -- 7. Epigraphy: Beginnings and Ends / Adam Roberts -- Postscript: The Flute inside the Bell / Adam Roberts -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index.
