Greatness engendered George Eliot and Virginia Woolf

In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Booth, Alison
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 1992, 1992
Series:Reading Women Writing
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Greatness Engendered; Contents; Preface; Frequently Cited Works; Introduction: The Great Woman Writer, the Canon, and Feminist Tradition; 1. Something to Do: The Ideology of Influence and the Context of Contemporary Feminism; 2. The Burden of Personality: Biographical Criticism and Narrative Strategy; 3. Eliot and Woolf as Historians of the Common Life; 4. Miracles in Fetters: Heroism and the Selfless Ideal; 5. Trespassing in Cultural History: The Heroines of Romola and Orlando; 6. ""God was cruel when he made women"": Felix Holt and The Years 
505 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-302) and index 
505 0 |a Introduction : the great woman writer, the canon, and feminist tradition -- 1. Something to do : the ideology of influence and the context of contemporary feminism -- 2. The burden of personality : biographical criticism and narrative strategy -- 3. Eliot and Woolf as historians of the common life -- 4. Miracles in fetters: heroism and the selfless ideal -- 5. Trespassing in cultural history : the heroines of Romola and Orlando -- 6. 'God was cruel when he made women' : Felix Holt and The years -- 7. 'The ancient consciousness of woman' : a feminist archaeology of Daniel Deronda and between the acts 
505 0 |a 7. ""The Ancient Consciousness of Woman"": A Feminist Archaeology of Daniel Deronda and Between the ActsWorks Cited; Index 
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