Middlemarch in the Twenty-First Century

Middlemarch in the Twenty-First Century

by Karen Chase
ISBN-10:
0195169964
ISBN-13:
9780195169966
Pub. Date:
01/05/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195169964
ISBN-13:
9780195169966
Pub. Date:
01/05/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Middlemarch in the Twenty-First Century

Middlemarch in the Twenty-First Century

by Karen Chase
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Overview

Middlemarch is the prime example of George Eliot's dictum that "interpretations are illimitable," and in this collection of new essays Middlemarch is re-examined as an open text responsive to gaps and fissures, and as resistant to authority as it is to other fixed notions of identity, idealism, and gender. What does the novel omit, and how do the omissions shape what is there? How shall we understand the materiality of the text? What problems does it pose to adaptation? The novel's plasticity becomes a basis for investigation into the multiple forms of expressiveness, and a consideration of how we might plot the patterns linguistically, ideologically, even cinematically. New spaces emerge within character, place, and narrative; what seemed absent or inaccessible assumes shape and definition; Middlemarch remains "Victorian" but it is a Victorianism understood through the dual perspectives of the 19th and 21st centuries. Scholars of George Eliot and students of Victorianism will be engaged by the wide-ranging scope of these essays, which nonetheless build on each other to form a coherent narrative of critical reflections. If there is something for everyone in Middlemarch, there is also something compelling about each of the essays in this collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195169966
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01/05/2006
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 8.24(w) x 5.46(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Karen Chase is Professor of English at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Karen Chase, IntroductionGillian Beer, What's Not in MiddlemarchDavid Trotter, Space, Movement, and Sexual Feeling in MiddlemarchKate Flint, The Materiality of MiddlemarchNina Auerbach, Dorothea's Lost DogElizabeth Deeds Ermarth, Negotiating MiddlemarchJ. Hillis Miller, A Conclusion in Which Almost Nothing is Concluded: Middlemarch's "Finale"Daniel Siegel, Losing for ProfitJakob Lothe, Narrative Vision in Middlemarch: The Novel Compared with the BBC Television Adaptation
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