THE PILGRIM MAGGIE: NATURAL GLORY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
The narrative dynamics of George Eliot's novels belie her explicit rationalist ethics. In The Mill on the Floss Eliot hearkens back to the pre-Enlightenment mythos of conversion in her creative re-interpretation of Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress. Maggie Tulliver's extravagant hopefulness,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1998
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Literature and theology
Year: 1998, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 121-134 |
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| Summary: | The narrative dynamics of George Eliot's novels belie her explicit rationalist ethics. In The Mill on the Floss Eliot hearkens back to the pre-Enlightenment mythos of conversion in her creative re-interpretation of Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress. Maggie Tulliver's extravagant hopefulness, in conflict with a naturalistic universe and a utilitarian society, tests the limits of George Eliot's humanism. This conflict drives Eliot's narrator past the bounds of realism to an apocalyptic ending in which Maggie/Chnstiana attempts to reclaim the original ecstasy of childhood by embracing a transformative energy that transcends rational calculation. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/12.2.121 |